wife and commit aduontrie with his neighbours wife dying let them die both the adulterer and the aduoutresse †He that lieth with his stepmother and reuealeth the ignominie of his father dying let both die their bloud be vpon them †If anie man lie with his daughter in law let both die because they haue done an heinous fact their bloud be vpon them †He that lieth with man as if he should companie with woman both haue committed abomination dying let them die their bloud be vpon them †He that besides his wife the daughter marieth her mother hath done wickednes he shal burne aliue with them neither shal there so great abomination remaine in the middes of you †He that shal companie with beast and cattel dying let him die the beast also doe ye kil †The woman that shal lie vnder anie beast shal be killed together with the same their bloud be vpon them †He that taketh his sister the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and seeth her turpitude and she beholdeth her brothers ignominie they haue committed a shameful thing they shal be slaine in the sight of their people because they haue reuealed one an others turpitude and they shal beare their iniquitie †He rhat compaineth with a woman in her menstrual fluxe and reuealeth her turpitude and she openeth the fountaine of her bloud both shal be destroyed out of the middes of their people †The turpitude of thy aunt by thy mother and of thy aunt by thy father thou shalt not discouer he that doeth this hath disclosed the ignominie of his flesh both shal beare their iniquitie †He that compaineth with the wife of his vncle by the father or of his vncle by the mother and reuealeth the ignominie of his kinted both shal beare their sinne without children they shal die †He that marieth his brothers wife doth an vnlawful thing he hath reuealed his brothers turpitude they shal be without children †Keepe my lawes and iudgementes and doe them lest the land which you shal enter into and inhabite vomite out you also †Walke not in the ordinances of the nations which I wil expel before you For al these thinges haue they done and I haue abhorred them †But to you I speake Possesse their land which I wil geue you for an inheritance a land flowing with milke and honie I the Lord your God that haue seperated you from other peoples †Therfore doe you also seperate the cleane beast from the vncleane and the cleane foule from the vncleane pollute not your soules in beastes and birdes and al thinges that moue on the earth and which I haue shewed vnto you to be polluted †You shal be holie vnto me because I the Lord am holie and I haue separated you from other peoples that you should be mine †Man or woman in whom is a pithonical or diuining spirite dying let them die they shal stone them their bloud be vpon them CHAP. XXI At what funerals Priests may not be present 7. VVhat wemen they may not marie 9. a priests daughter committing fornication must be burned 10. The high Priest shal not vncouer his head nor rent his garment nor be present at anie funeral nor at al goe forth of the holie place 13. when he marieth he must take a virgin 16. None that hath a blemish in his bodie though he be of Aarons stock shal minister in the Sanctuarie nor approch to the Altar OVR Lord said also to Moyses Speake to the priestes the sonnes of Aaron and thou shalt say to them Let not a priest be contaminated in the deathes of his citizens †but onlie in his kinne and nigh of bloud that is to say vpon his father and mother and sonne and daughter brother also †and sister being a virgin which hath not bene maried to a husband †but neither in the prince of his people shal he be contaminated †Neither shal they shaue their head nor beard nor make incisions in their flesh †They shal be holie to their God and shal not pollute his name for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord and breades of their God doe they offer and therfore they shal be holie †A whore and a vile strumpette he shal not take to wife nor her that is put away from her husband because they are coÌ„secrated to their God †and offer the breades of proposition Be they holie therfore because I also am holie the Lord that sanctifie them †The daughter of a priest if she be taken in whordome dishonour the name of hir father shal be burnt with fire †The grand bishoppe that is to say the priest that is greatest among his brethren vpon whose head hath bene poured the oyle of vnction and whose handes were consecrated in priesthood and who was reuested with the holie vestimentes shal not vncouer his head he shal not rent his garments †and to no dead person shal he enter in at al. vpon his father also and mother shal he not be contaninated †Neither shal he goe forth out of the holie places lest he pollute the SaÌ„ctuarie of the Lord because the oyle of the holie vnction of his God is vpon him I the Lord. †He shal take a virgin vnto his wife †but a widow and her that is put away and a filth and a whore he shal not take but a maide of his owne people †that he mingle not the stocke of his kinred with the common people of his nation because I am the Lord that sanctifie him †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron The man of thy seede throughout their families that hath a blemish shal not offer breades to his God †neither shal he approch to his ministerie If he be blinde if lame if he haue a litle or a great or a crooked nose †if his foote be broken if his hand †if he be crooke backed or blere eyed or haue a pearle in his eye or a continual scabbe or drie scurffe in his bodie or be burnt †Euerie one that hath a blemish of the seede of Aaron the priest shal not approch to offer the hostes to the Lord nor the breades to his God †He shal eate notwithstanding of the breades that are offered in the Sanctuarie †yet so that he enter not within the vâ—ilen or approch to the altar because he hath a blemish and he must not contaninate my Sanctuarie I the Lord that sanctifie them †Moyses therfore spake to Aaron and to his sonnes and to al Israel al thinges that had bene commanded him CHAP. XXII VVho may eate of sanctified things 17. And what things may be offered OVR Lord also spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and to his sonnes that they beware of those that are the consecrated thinges of the children of Israel and contaninate not the name of the thinges sanctified to me which
wife thou shalt not reueale because it is the turpitude of thy brother †The turpitude of thy wife and her daughter thou shalt not reueale Her sonnes daughter and her daughters daughter thou shalt not take to reueale her ignominie because they are her flesh and such copulation is incest †Thou shalt not take thy wiues sister for an harlote to vexe her withal neither shalt thou reueale her turpitude whiles she is yet liuing †To a woman hauing her flowers thou shalt not approch neither shalt thou reueale her turpitude †With thy neighbours wife thou shalt not companie nor be polluted with commixtion of seede †Of thy seede thou shalt not geue to be consecrated to the idol Moloch nor pollute the name of thy God I the Lord. †Companie not with mankind as with womankind because it is abomination †With no beast shalt thou companie neither shalt thou be polluted with it A woman shal not lie downe to a beast nor companie with it because it is an hainous fact †Neither be ye polluted in anie of the thinges wherwith al the nations haue bene contaminated which I wil cast out before your sight †and wherwith the land is polluted whose abominations I wil visite that it vomite out the inhabitants therof †Keepe my ordinances and iudgements and doe not any of these abominations as wel the same countrieman as the stranger that seiourneth with you †For al these execrable thinges did the inhabitants of the land that haue bene before you and haue polluted it †Beware therfore lest in like maner it vomite out you also when you shal doe the like thinges as it vomited out the nation that was before you †Euerie soule that shal doe anie of these abominations shal perish from the middes of his people †Keepe my commandements Doe not the thinges which they haue done that haue bene before you and be not polluted in them I the Lord your God ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVIII 6 Next of his bloud Mariage is forbid first and most strictly by the law of nature in al degrees in the right line ascending and decending both in consanguinitie and affinitie S. Paul testifying that among the heat hen no man could haue his fathers vvise And in the right line God him selfe who onlie can neuer dispensed Secondarily the first collateral degree in consanguinitie that is betwen brother and sister by one parent or by both is also vnlawful by the law of nature except in the beginning of the world when Adams children must nedes marie together God so ordayning that al mankind should be propagated by one man for of him also the first woman was made but after this beginning it was neuer allowed nor perhaps can be dispensed withal at least neuer was by anie man Though Beza li. de repudijs diuoâ—tijs and some English Bezites charge Pope Martin the fifth to haue dispensed with one that had maried his owne natural sister which is a false reporte For it was with one who hauing committed fornication with one sister afterwardes maried the other from whom he could not be separated without great scandal the pretended mariage being publike and the impediment secrete as S. Antoninus writeth par 3. sum Theol. tit 1. c. 11. But besides the right line and the first collateral degree in consanguinitie no other collateral degrees are prohibited by the law of nature but by positiue only So this present law written by Moyses forbade to marie in the first collateral degree of affinitie but the same law commanded Deut. 25. that in case a maried man died without issue his brother should marie the widow VVherby is clere that this degree and others more remote were not prohibited by the law of nature For then God would not haue made a contrarie general law in anie case for the whole nation of the Iewes his people and that vnder penaltie to be obserued which is contrarie to the qualitie of indulgence or dispensation and no such necessitie as in the beginning of the world VVherfore al protestants that say the whole law written by Moyses concerning degrees of consanguinitie and affinitie is the law of nature and so pertaineth to Christians must necessarily say also that if now a maried man die without issue his brother must marie his wife VVhich specially they denie It is also proued that this and some other degrees expressed in this place were not against the law of nature which is common to al nations commonly or easely knowne to al men by discourse of reason because no common wealth among the Gentiles did punish nor modest men forbeare or reprehend such mariages as appeareth by Laban who after he had deceiued Iacob by geuing him one sister for an other offered him also the former promised whom without difficultie of conscience he accepted Gen. 29. neither did that holie Patriareh thinke it vnlauful to keepe them both And when Iudas matched his second sonne and promised the third to the wife of his first sonne he did it according to the custome of that place time Gen. 38. And Noemi spoke according to the same custome Ruth 1. v. 11. Againe where this law forbiddeth a man to marie or companie with his wiues sister it addeth vvhiles she is liuing not prohibiting mariage when his first wife is dead Yet his wiues sister is as nere in affinitie as his brothers wife Likewise the diuersitie of punishments chap. 20. for transgression of this law either in the right line or in the first collateral degree of consanguinitie who were punished by death and for transgressing in the first collateral degree of affinitie or in the second either of consanguinitie or affinitie who had lesse punishments sheweth that the former degrees are prohibited by the law of nature and not the other for then the violation should be like sinne and punished alike Finally it is euident that certaine of these degrees are not against the law of nature by the example of holie Abraham who in and according to the law of nature maried his brothers daughter called Sarai otherwise Iescha Gen. 11. which mariage God approued by manie blessings Also Iacob maried two sisters together Two sonnes of Iudas maried the same woman successiuely And Amram Moyses father maried his aunt his fathers sister Exod. 6. v. 20. Num. 26. v. 59. VVherfore seing neither the first collateral degree in affinitie nor the second collateral in consanguinitie or affinitie is forbid by the law of nature but by positiue only and that both ceremonial and iudicial lawes of the old Testament ceassed in the New and are abrogated by Christ it resteth proued that the same bind not Christians but as they are renewed and established by the Church or Christian commonwelthes And as this is donne in temporal causes by temporal States partly by renewing and establishing the same which was in the law of Moyses as by punishing wilful
man the house of Israel is turned into drosse to me al these are become brasse and tinne and yron and lead drosse of siluer in the middes of the fornace †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because you are al turned into drosse therfore behold I wil gather you together in the middes of Ierusalem †with the gathering of siluer and brasse and tinne yron and lead in the middes of a fornace that I may kindle a fire in it to melt it so wil I gather you together in my furie and in my wrath and wil rest and I wil melt you †And I wil gather you together and wil set you on fire in the fire of my furie and you shal be melted in the middes therof †As siluer is melted in the middes of the fornace so shal you be in the middes therof and you shal know that I am the Lord when I haue powred out mine indignation vpon you †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man say to it Thou art an vncleane land and not rayned vpon in the day of furie †A conspiracie of prophets in the middes therof as a lion roaring and rauening the praye haue they deuoured soules they haue taken the riches and the price her widowes they haue multiplied in the middes therof †Her priests haue contemned my law and haue polluted my sanctuaries betwen a holie thing and prophane they haue put no difference and betwen the polluted and the cleane they vnderstood not and from my sabbathes they haue turned away their eyes and I was defiled in the middes of them †Her princes in the middes of her as wolues rauening the praye to shede bloud and to destroy soules and to pursew gaynes couetously †And her prophetes dawbed them without tempering seing vayne thinges and diuining lies to them saying Thus saith our Lord God wheras our Lord hath not spoken †The people of the land they oppressed by calumnie and tooke away violently the needie and poore they afflicted and the stranger they oppressed by calumnie without iudgement †And I sought of them a man that might enterpose an hedge and stand opposite agaynst me for the land that I might not destroy it and I found not †And I powred out mine indignation vpon them in the fire of my wrath I consumed them I haue rendered their way vpon their head saith our Lord God CHAP. XXIII By a parable of two harlottes Oolla and Ooliba 5. the idolatrie of the two kingdoms of Israel 11. and of Iuda is described 22. with threates 31. as Israel is partly afflicted already 36. of more affliction to them both AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man there were two wemen daughters of one mother †And they fornicated in Aegypt in their youth they fornicated there were their brestes pressed the pappes of their virginitie were broken †And their names Oolla the elder and d Ooliba her yonger sister and I had them and they bare sonnes and daughters Moreouer their names Samaria Oolla and Ierusalem Ooliba †Oolla therfore fornicated ouer me was madde vpon her louers vpon the Assirians approching †clothed with hyacinth the princes and the magistrates al the youngmen of concupiscences al the horsmen the riders of horses †And she gaue her fornications vpon them al the chosen children of the Assitians and in al on whom she was madde in their vncleannes she was polluted †Moreouer also her fornications which she had made in Aegypt she left not for they also slept with her in her youth they brake the breasts of her virginitie and powred out their fornication vpon her †Therfore haue I deliuered her into the handes of her louers into the handes of the children of Assur vpon whose lust she was madde †They discouered her ignominie tooke her sonnes and daughters her they killed with the sword and they were made notorious wemen and they did iudgements in her †Which when her sister Ooliba had seene she was madde with lust more then she she gaue impudently her fornication aboue the fornication of her sister †to the children of the Assyrians to the princes and magistrates coming to her clothed with partie clothing to the horsmen that were carried on horses and to yoongmen al of goodlie beautie †And I saw that she was polluted both one way †And she increased her fornications and when she had seene men paynted in a wal the images of the Chaldees expressed in colours †and girded with girdles about their reynes and died turbants on their heades the forme of al the dukes the similitude of the children of Babylon and of the land of the Chaldees wherin they were borne †she was mad vpon them with the concupiscence of her eyes and she sent messengers to them into Chaldee †And when the children of Babylon were come to her vnto the bed of pappes they polluted her with their fornications and she was polluted of them her soule was filled of them †She reueled also her fornications and discouered her ignominie and my soule departed from her as my soule departed from her sister †For she hath multiplied her fornications remembring the dayes of her youth in which she fornicated in the land of Aegypt †And she was madde for lust vpon the lying with them whose flesh is as the flesh of asses and as the fluxe of horses their fluxe †And thou hast visited the wickednes of thy youth when thy breastes were pressed in Aegypt the pappes of thy virginitie broken †Therfore Ooliba thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil rayse vp al thy louers against thee of whom thy soule is filled and I wil gather them together against thee round about †the children of Babylon and al the Chaldees the nobles and the tyrants and princes al the children of the Assyrians the yongmen of goodlie beautie al the captaynes and magistrates the princes of princes and the renowned riders of horses †And they shal come vpon thee wel appoynted with chariot and wheele a multitude of peoples with briginâ—ine and buckler and helmet they shal be armed against thee on euerie side and I wil geue iudgement before them they shal iudge thee by their iudgements †And I wil put my zele in thee which they exercise with thee in furie thy nose and thine eares they shal cut of and the thinges that remaine shal fal by the sword they shal take thy sonnes and thy daughters and thy verie last thing shal be deuoured with fire †And they shal strippe thee of thy garments and shal take away the vessels of thy glorie †And I wil make thy wickednes to cease out of thee and thy fornication out of the Land of Aegypt neither shalt thou lift vp thine eyes to them and Aegypt thou shalt remember no more †Because thus
the Cananite was at that time in the countrie †And our Lord appeared to Abram and said to him To thy seed wil I giue this land Who builded there an altar to our Lord that had appeared to him †And marching on from thence to a mountaine that was on the east side of Bethel there he pitched his tent hauing Bethel on the west and Hay on the east he builded there also an altar to our Lord and called vpon his name †And Abram went forward going and proceding on to the south †And there came a famine in the countrie and Abram descended into Aegypt to be as a pilgrime there for the famine was very sore in the land †And when he was nere to enter into Aegypt he said to Sarai his wife I know that thou art a fayre woman †and that when the Aegyptians shal see thee they wil say She is his wife and they wil til me and reserue thee †Say therfore I pray thee that thou art my sister that I may be wel vsed for thee and that my soule may liue for thy sake †When Abram therfore was entred into Aegypt the Aegiptians sawe the woman that she was passing beautiful †And the princes told Pharao and praised her to him and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao †And they vsed Abram wel for her sake And he had sheepe and oxen and he asses and men seruants and maid seruants and shee asses and Cammels †But our Lord scourged Pharao with very sore plagues and his house for Sarai Abrams wife †And Pharao called Abram and said to him What is this that thou hast done to me Why didst thou not tel me that she was thy wife †For what cause didst thou say she was thy sister that I might take her to my wife Now therfore there is thy wife take her and goe thy ways †And Pharao gaue certaine men commandment in the behalfe of Abram and they conducted him and his wife and al that he had ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 13. Say therfore Abraham concealed that Sarai was his wife and lyed not in saying she was his sister as he also called Lot his brother being his brothers sonne and she his brothers daughter VVherby he preuented danger of his owne life vsing such lawful meanes as lay in him committing his wiues chastitie to Gods protection which him self could not prouide for In which case if he had not donne his owne endeuour he had rather tempted God saith S Augustin then trusted in God And so God preserued her though she was in Pharao his house v. 17. CHAP. XIII Abram Lot returne from Aegypt into Chanaan 6. and being rich separate themselues 10 Lot choosing the countrie about Iordain Abram dwelleth in Chanaan 14. where againe God promiseth him that land and multiplication of his seede 18. And he erected an other Altar to God ABRAM therfore ascended out of Aegypt he and his wife and al that he had and Lot with him to the south coast †And he was very rich in possession of gold and siluer †And he returned by the way that he came from the south vnto Bethel euen to the place where before he had pitched a tabernacle betwen Bethel and Hay †in the place of the altar which he had made before and there he called vpon the name of our Lord. †But Lot also that was with Abram had flocks of sâ—eepe and heards of beasts and tents †Neyther was the land able to receiue them for to dwel togeather for their substance was much and they could not dwel togeather †Wherupon also there arose strife amongst the heardsmen of Abram and of Lot And that time the Chananite and the Pherisite dwelled in that countrie †Abram therfore said to Lot Let there be no brawle I beseech thee betwen me and thee and betwen my heardsmen and thy heardsmen for we be brethren †Behold the whole land is before thee goe aparte from me I pray thee if thou wilt goe to the left hand I wil take the right if thou choose the right hand I wil passe to the left †Lot therfore lifting vp his eyes sawe al the countrie about Iordaine which was watered through out before that our Lord subuerted Sodome and Gomorre as the paradise of our Lord and like as Aegypt as men come vnto Segor †And Lot chose vnto him the countrie about Iordaine and he departed from the East and they were seperated either brother from the other †Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan and Lot abode in the townes that were about Iordaine and dwelt in Sodome †And the men of Sodome were verie wicked and sinners before the face of our Lord out of measure †And our Lord said to Abram after that Lot was seperated from him Lyft vp thyn eyes and looke from the place wherin thou now art to the north and south to the east and west †Al the land which thou seest wil I geue to thee to thy seed for euer †And I wil make thy seede as the dust of the earth if any man be able to number the dust of the earth thy seede also shal he be able to number †Arise and walke through the land in the length and in the breath therof for I wil geue it to thee †Abram therfore remouing his tent came and dwelt beside the vale of Mambre which is in Hebron and he builded there an altar to our Lord. CHAP. XIIII The king of Sodom with other foure kings are ouercome in battle by foure others 12. where Lot is taken 14. but Abram with 318. persons prosecuting and ouercoming the victorers 16. rescued Lot with al the captiues and pray 18. Melchisedech King and Priest blessed Abram 20. Abram payed tithes to him 21. and rendered the spoile to the king of Sodom AND it came to passe in that time that Amraphel the king of Sennaar and Arioch the king of Pontus and Chodorlahomor king of the Elamyts and Thadal the king of nacions †made warre against Barra the king of Sodome and against Bersa the king of Gomorra and against Sennaab the king of Adama and against Semebar the king of Seboim and against the king of Bala the same is Segor †Al these came together into the Woodland vale which now is the salt sea †For they had serued Chodorlamor twelue yeares and the thirtenth yeare they reuolted from him †Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Chodorlahomor and the king that were with him and they stroke Raphaim in Astaroth-carnaim and Susim with them and Emim in Sauee of Cariathaim †and the Corrheans in the mountains of Seir euen to the Champion countrie of Pharan which is in the wildernes †And they returned and came as farre as the fountaine of Misphat the same is Cades and they stroke al the countrie of the Ameleichites and of the Amorheans that dwel in Assasonthamar â€
And they went forth the king of Sodome and the king of Gomorra and the king of Adama and the king of Seboim moreouer also the king of Bala which is Segor and they set themselues against them in battaile aray in the Woodland vale †to wit against Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites and Chadal king of nacions and Amraphel king of Sennaar and Arioch king of Pontus foure kings against fiue †But the Woodland vale had many pitts of bitume Therfore the king of Sodome and of Gomorra turned their backes and were ouerthrowne there and they that remained fled to the mountaine †And they tooke al the substance of the Sodomites and Gomorrheans and tooke al kind of victuales and went their way †and Lot also and his substance the sonne of Abrams brother who dwelled in Sodom †And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew that dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrean brother of Eschol and the brother of Aner for these had made a league with Abram †Which when Abram had heard to witt that his brother Lot was taken he numbred of the seruantes borne in his house wel appointed three hundred and eightene and pursued them vnto Dan. †And diuiding his companie he ranne vpon them in the night and stroke them and pursued them vnto Hoba which is on the left hand of Damascus †And he brought backe al the substance and Lot his brother with his substance the wemen also and the people †And the king of Sodom went forth to meete them after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor and of the kinges that were with him in the vale Sauee which is the kings vale †But “ Melchesidech the king of Salem “ bringing forth bread and wine for he was the Priest of God most highe †“ blessed him and said Blessed be Abram to God the highest which created heauen and earth †and blessed be God the highest by whose protection the enemyes are in thy hands And “ he gaue him the tythes of al. †And the king of Sodom said to Abram Geue me the soules and the rest take to thee †Who answered him I lift vp my hand to my Lord God most hiegh possessor of heauen and earth †that from the very woofe-thread vnto the shoe latchet I wil not take of al that are thine lest thou say I haue enriched Abram †except such thinges as the young men haue eaten and the shares of the men that came with me Aner Eschol and Mambre these shal take their shares ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIIII 18. Melchisedech S. Hierom being earnestly requested by Euagrius to geue his iudgement touching Melchisedech whom a nameles author had endeuored to proue to be the Holie Ghost plainly confuteth that error as also an other error of Origen and Didymus saying he was an Angel Likewise S. Epiphanius heresi 55. 76 relateth and condemneth a third error of some that thought him to be the Sonne of God These two Fathers and S. Augustin li. de heresibus her 34. and diuers others whom S. Hierom alleageth proue euidently that he was a very man a Priest and a king yea the hiegh Priest at least of that countric Superior to Abraham and a figure of Christ Besides these heresies the same S. Hierom relateth two probable opinions The Iewes Rabins generally hold that Melchisedech was Sem the sonne of Noe from whom Abraham and al the Hebrewes descended VVhich they seme rather to affirme as loath to confesse that anie man of other nation then their owne should haue bene greater and more excellent then Abraham in spiritual causes then for anie reason they do or can alleage Yet manie especially latter writers as Liranus Tostatus Genebrardus and others do embrace this opinion as most probable Though S. Hierom semeth only to haue added the Hebrewes opinion as he saith because he would intimate al to his freind when he had first cited grauer authores S. S. Ireneus Hypolitus Eusebius Cesariensis Eusebius Emissenus Apolinarius and Eustathius al agreably affirming that Melchisedech was a Chananite king of Salem which was afterwards called Ierusalem To this opinion agreeth Philo Iudaeus continually speaking of him as of a stranger to the Iewes nation Iosephus also a Iew writeth plainly li. 7. de bello Iudaico c. 18. that he was of Chanaan and Prince of the Chananites Also S. Dionysius Ariopagita Caelest Hier. c. 9. S. Epiphanius her 55. 67 Theoderetus q. 63. in Gen. and Suidas are of the same mind and manie other christitian Doctors VVho confirme their assertion by that S. Paul saith to the Hebrewes He vvhose generation is not numbred among them tooke tithes of Abraham For what els can S. Paul meane but that Melchisedechs kinred and people was diuers from the kinred and people of the Iewes which he could not say of Sem from whom Abraham al Iewes descended as it can not be said that Adam and Noe are of diuers genetation from anie people that now liueth because we al come of them Of this difficultie not pettaining to anie controuersie of our time the studious may see more in F. Pererius his commentaries vpon this 14. chap. of Genesis disp 3. 18. Bringing forth Seing the Royal Prophet Dauid and S. Paul say Christ is a Priest for euer according to the order of Melchisedech we demand of Protestants if Christ fulfilled not Melchisedechs figuratiue Sacrifice offered in bread and wine by offering his owne bodie and bloud at his last supper in formes of bread wine and by instituting the same to be offered by his Priests til the end of the world what other figuratiue sacrifice of Melchisedech they can find performed by Christ by which it may appeare that he is a Priest for euer according to that order Caluin li. 4. Instit c. 18. para 2. Kemnisius par 2. exam pag. 740. 747 Peter martyr in 1. Cor. 5. and most English Protestants grant that Melchisedech was a Priest and that the peculiar function of a Priest is to offer Sacrifice wherfore they hauing no sacrifice wil haue only ministers and no Priests but they denie that Melchisedech offered Sacrifice in bread and wine VVherupon we ioyne issue with them to proue that he did and that by this place amongst others of holie Scripture Kemnisius complayneth that the Latin text hath Obtulit for Protulit Offered for Brought forth And to disproue the same he alleageth the Hebrew Chaldee Greke and S. Cyprian But Catholiques more iustly complaine of him for lying For al Latin Editions haue Proferens bringing forth The question therfore in controuersie is to what end and vse Melchisedech brought forth bread and wine Caluin and Kemnisius say it was only to refresh or feede Abraham and his men and not for sacrifice which their bare saying is without reason for that there was store of victuals in the pray v. 11. and they had
restored vntouched 14. with great giftes 17. and Abraham praying Abimelechs house is cured ABRAHAM remoued from thence into the south countrie and dwelt betwene Cades and Sur and he liued as a pilgrime in Gerara †And he said of Sara his wife She is my sister Abimelech therfore the king of Gerara sent and tooke her †And God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night and said to him Loe thou shalt dye for the woman that thou hast taken for she hath a husband †But Abimelech had not touched her and he said Lord wilt thou kil a nation that is ignorant and iust †Did not he say to me She is my sister and she say He is my brother in simplicitie of my hart and cleanenes of my hands haue I done this †And God said to him And I do know that thou didest it with a sincere hart and therfore I kept thee that thou shouldest not sinne against me and I permitted not that thou shouldest touch her †Now therfore restore the wife to her husband because he is a prophet and he shal pray for thee and thou shalt liue but if thou wilt not restore her know thou that dying thou shalt dye thou and al things that are thine †And Abimelech forth with rising vp in the night called al his seruantes and he spake al these words to their eares and al the men were sore afraid †And Abimelech called also for Abraham and said to him What hast thou done to vs what haue we offended against thee that thou hast brought vpon me and vpon my kingdom a great sinne that which thou oughtest not to doe thou hast done to vs. †And again expostulating he said What sawest thou that thou didest this †Abraham answered I thought with my selfe saying Perhaps there is not the feare of God in this place and they wil kil me for my wife †howbeit otherwise also in verie deed she is my sister the daughter of my father and not the daughter of my mother and I tooke her to wife †And after that God brought me out of my fathers house I said to her This mercie thou shalt doe with me In euerie place which we shal come vnto thou shalt say that I am thy brother †Therfore Abimelech tooke shepe oxen and seruants and handmayds and gaue to Abraham and restored to him Sara his wife †and said The land is before you dwel whersoeuer it shal please thee †And to Sara he said Behold I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of siluer this shal serue thee for a veile of thine eyes to al that are with thee and whither soeuer thou shalt goe remenber also thou wast taken †And Abraham praying God healed Abimelech and his wife and his handmaids and they bare children for our Lord had closed vp euerie matrice of the house of Abimelech for Sara Abrahams wife CHAP. XXI Isaac is borne 4. circumcised 8. and weaned 9. Agar and Ismael are put forth of Abrahams house 15. but after desolation are nourished and prosper in the desert 22. King Abimelech and Abraham make a league confirming it with oath AND our Lord visited Sara as he had promised and fulfilled the things which he spake †And she conceaued and bare a sonne in her old age at the time that God had foretold her †And Abraham called the name of his sonne which Sara bare him Isaac †and he circumcised him the eight day as God had commanded him †when he was an hundred yeares old for at this age of his father was Isaac borne †And Sara said Laughter God hath made to me whosoeuer shal heare of it wil laugh with me †And again she said Who that shal heare of it would beleue Abraham that Sara gaue sucke to a sonne which she bare him now being an old man †The child therfore grewe and was weined and Abraham made a great feast in the day of his weining †And when Sara had senne the sonne of Agar the Aegyptian playing with Isaac her sonne she said to Abraham †Cast out this handmaid and her sonne for the sonne of the handmaid shal not be heire with my sonne Isaac †Abraham tooke this greuously for his sonne †To whom God said Let it not sâ—me greuous to thee for the boy and for thy handmaid al things that Sara shal say to thee heare her voice because in Isaac shal seed de called to thee †But the sonne also of the handmaid I wil make into a great nation because he is thy seede †Abraham therfore rose vp in the morning and taking bread and a bottle of water put it vpon her shoulder and deliuered the boy and dismist her Who went away and wandred in the wildernesse of Bersabee †And when the water in the bottle was spent she cast the boy vnder one of the trees that were there †And she went her way and sate ouer against a great way of as farre as a bowe can cast for she said I wil no see the child dying and sitting ouer against she lifted vp her voice and wept †And God heard the voice of the boy and an angel of God called Agar from heauen saying What doest thou Agar feare not for God hath heard the voice of the boy from the place wherin he is †Arise take vp the boy and hold his hand for into a great nation wil I make him †And God opened her eyes who seing a wel of water went and filled the bottle and gaue the boy to drinke †And God was with him who grew and abode in the wildernes and became a young man archer †And he dwelt in the wildernes of Pharan and his mother tooke a wife for him out of the land of Aegypt †The same time said Abimelech and Phicol the general of his armie to Abraham God is with thee in al things which thou doest †Sweare therfore by God not to hurt me and my posteritie and my stocke but according to the mercie that I haue done thee thou shalt doe to me and to the land wherin thou hast liued a stranger †And Abraham said I wil sweare †And he rebuked Abimelech for the wel of water which his seruants had taken away by force †And Abimelech answered I knew not who did this thing yea and thy selfe didest not tel me and I heard not of it but to day †Abraham therfore tooke sheepe and oxen and gaue to Abimelech and both of them made a league †And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes of the flocke apart †To whom Abimelech said What meane these seuen ewe lambes which thou hast made to stand apart †But he said Seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take at my hand that they may be a testimonie for me that I digged this wel †Therfor was that place called Bersabee because there both did sweare †And they made a league for the wel
the way â— He sendeth messengers and giftes to pacifie his brother Esau 24. wrestling with an Angel is not ouercome in fine the Angel benummeth his thiegh blesseth him and for telleth that he shal be called Israel IACON also went on his iourney that he had begunne and the Angels of God met him †Whom when he had seene he said These are the Campes of God and he called the name of that place Mahanaim that is Campes †And he sent also messengers before him to Esau his brother into the land of Seir into the countrie of Edom †and he commanded them saying Thus speake ye vnto my lord Esau This saith thy brother Iacob I haue soiourned and haue bene with Laban vntil this present day †I haue oxen and asses and sheepe and men seruants and wemen seruants and now I send a lâ—agacie to my lord that I may finde grace in thy sight †And the messengers returned to Iacob saying We came to Esau thy brother and behold he cometh with spede to mete thee with foure hundred men †Iacob “ feared exceedingly being sore affraid diuided the people that was with him the flockes also and the shepe and the oâ—en and the camels into two troupes †saying If Esau come to one troupe and strike it the other troupe that remaineth shal be saued †And Iacob said O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac O Lord that didest say to me Returne into thy land and into the place of thy natiuitie and I wil doe thee good †I am inferiour to al thy mercies and thy truth that thou hast fulfilled to thy seruant With my staffe I passed ouer this Iordain and now with two troupes I doe returne †Deliuer me from the hand of my brother Esau because I am sore affraid of him lest perhaps he come and strike the mother with the children †Thou didest say that thou wouldest do good to me and dilate my seed as the sand of the sea which for multitude can not be numbred †And when he had slept there that night he separated of those things which he had giftes to his brother Esau †she goates two hundred he goates twentie ewes two hundred and rammes twentie †thirtie milch camels with their coltes sourtie kine and twentie bulles twentie she asses and their foles ten †And he sent by the handes of his seruants euerie flocke by it selfe and he said to his seruants Goe before me and let there be a space betwen flocke and flocke †And he commanded the former saying If thou mete my brother Esau and he aske thee whose art thou or whither goest thou or whose are these that thou doest folowe †thou shalt answere Iacobes thy seruant he hath sent them for gifts to my lord Esau himselfe also cometh after vs. †In like maner he gaue commandements to the second and the third and to al that folowed the flocks saying With the selfe same words speake ye to Esau when you shal finde him †And ye shal adde Iacob also thy seruant himselfe foloweth on after vs for he said I wil pacifie him with the gifts that goe before and afterward I wil see him perhaps he wil be gracious vnto me †The giftes therfore went before him but himselfe lodged that night in the campe †And when he was risen early he tooke his two wiues and his handmaides as manie with his eleuen sonnes and passed ouer the ford Iaboc †And when he had set ouer al things that appertained to him †he taried alone and behold “ a man wrasteled with him til morning †Who when he saw that he could not ouercome him he touched the sinowe of his thighe and forthwith it shranke †And he said to him Let me goe for it is breake of day He answered I wil not let thee goe vnlesse thou blesse me †He therfore said What is thy name He answered Iacob †But he no thy name quoth he shal not be called Iacob but Israel for if thou hast bene strong against God how much more shalt thou preuaile against men †Iacob asked him Tel me by what name art thou called He answered Why doest thou aske my name and blessed him in the same place †And Iacob called the name of the place Phanuel saying I haue sene God face to face and my soule was made safe †And immediatly the sunne rose to him after that he was past Phanuel but he halted on his foote †For which cause the children of Israel eate not the sinowe that shrunke in Iacobes thighe vnto his present day because he touched the sinowe of his thighe and it shrunke ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXII 7. Feared exceedingly Iustly may we meruel why Iacob so often assured by Gods promises confirmed by his manie blessings protected in al former dangers accompained the night before with armies of Angels indued also with al vertues and namely with perfect charitie which expelleth feare was for al this so vehemently afeard S. Augustin answereth that he neither distrusted in God nor did anie vnlawful thing but did his owne endeuour wisely and confidently lest by presuming or desparing he should rather haue tempted God then trusted in him The causes of his feare were in respect of him selfe and his brother For considering Gods former promises benefites protections were not to be presumed as absolute signes of his perpetual loue but conditional if him selfe perseuered sincerly in Gods seruice And seing The iust man novveth not vvhether he be vvorthie of loue or of hatred he might doubt lest by his twentie yeares conuersation among Infidels in Mesopotamia he had contracted some sinnes for which God might suffer him to fall into calamitie and affliction And though he was in dede stil more and more vertuous and consequently in Gods more fauour and protection yea so much the more by how much lesse he presumed of his owne good state and merites yet by the vehement apprehending of his brothers inclination to reuenge the greatnes of the occasion by procuring the first-birth-right and his fathers blessing from him the newes of his speedie coming towards him with foure hundred men the natural situation of the place where Esau might esâ—aly inuâ—ron him and as he humbly thought his owne vnworthines he was possessed with natural feare such as happeneth to constant men and was sore afflicted for the tender care of his familie But reflecting vpon Gods goodnes he prudently disposed of his people and flockes and besought God to protect him and his by prayer qualified with requisite conditions to wit with humilitie not asking for his owne but for Abraham and Isaacs sake and for Gods owne promise acknowledging himselfe to be lesse then Gods mercies towards him with gratitude recounting great benefites receiued saying VVith my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan and novv vvith â—vvo troupes I do returne with confidence in that God had said he VVould dilate his
sede as the sand of the sea and with meeknes in sending giftes and good vvordes to Esau Thus finally he pacified him and so his owne feare was turned into ioy 24. A man vvrastled This wrestling with an Angel assumpting a bodie in forme of a man was corporal as the effect shewed in Iacobs sinow shrunck vp which made him to halt v. 25 31. It was also spiritual as appeareth by his earnest prayer vrging and at last obtayning the Angels blessing S. Dionys c. 4. cel Hierer S. Greg. prefat in Iob. Theodoret q. 91. in Gen. CHAP. XXXIII Iacob seing Eau come with a great troupe of men feareth harme but is most curteously entertained by him 10. He hardly perswadeth Esau to take giftes 13. and to returne home 17. So Iacob coming by Socoth to Salem there byeth a field pitcheth his tents and erecteth an Altar AND Iacob lifting vp his eyes saw Esau coming and with him foure hundred men and he diuided the children of Lia and of Rachel and of the two handmaides †and he put both the handmaids their children foremost and Lia and her children in the second place and Rachel and Ioseph last †And himselfe going foreward adored prostrate to the grownd seuen times vntil his brother came nere †Esau therfore running to mete his brother embraced him and clasping him fast about the necke and kissing him wept †And casting vp his eyes he saw the wemen and their litle ones and said What meane these And do they perteyne to thee He answered They are the litle ones which God hath geuen to me thy seruant †And the handmaides and their children coming nere bowed themselues †Lia also with her children came nere and when they had adored in like maner last Ioseph and Rachel adored †And Esau said What are the troupes that I did mete He answered That I might find grace before my lord †But he said I haue plentie my brother be thy things to thy selfe †And Iacob said Do not so I besech thee but if I haue found grace in thin eyes take a litle present at my hands for so haue I seene thy face as if I should haue seene the countenance of God be gracious to me †and take the blessing which I haue brought thee and which God hath geuen me who geueth al thinges Scarse at his brothers great instance taking it †he said Let vs march on together and I wil accompanie thee in thy iourney †And Iacob said My lord thou knowest that I haue with me litle ones and sheepe and kine with young which if I cause to ouerlaboure themselues in going in one day al the flockes wil die †It may please my lord to goe before his seruant and I wil folow softly after him as I shal see my litle ones to be able vntil I come to my lord in Seir. †Esau answered I besech thee that of my people at the leastwise which is with me there may remaine some to accompanie thee in the way It is not needful said he this only I haue nede of that I may finde grace my lord in thy sight †Esau therfore returned that day the same way that he came into Seir. †And Iacob cometh into Socoth where hauing built a house and pitched his tents he called the name of that place Socoth that is Tabernacles †And he passed into Salem a citie of the Sichimites which is in the land of Chanaan after he returned from Mesopotamia of Siria and he dwelt beside the towne †And he bought that part of the field wherin he had pitched his tents of the children of Hemor the father fo Sichem for an hundred lambes †And erecting an altar there on it he called vpon the most mightie God of Israel CHAP. XXXIIII For rauishing Dina the Sichimetes being first circumcised are slaine by Simeon and Leui her brothers 27. The rest of Iacobs sonnes spoile the citie 30. Iacob blameth them fearing harme may come by this fact AND Dina the daughter of Lia went forth to see the wemen of that countrie †Whom when Sichem had seene the sonne of Hemor the Heuite the prince of that land he was in loue with her and he tooke her away and lay with her by force rauishing the virgin †And his soule was fast kint vnto her and wheras she was sad he comforted her with sweete wordes †And going to Hemor his father he said Take me this wench to be my wife †Which when Iacob had heard his sonnes being absent and occupied in feeding of the cattle he held his peace til they returned †And when Hemor Sichems father was come forth to speake vnto Iacob †behold his sonnes came out of the field and hearing what had passed they were passing wrath because he had done a foule thing in Israel and committed an vnlawful fact in rauishing Iacobs daughter †Hemor therfore spake to them The soule of my sonne Sichem is sastned to your daughter Geue her vnto him to wife †and let vs contract mariages one with an other geue vs your daughters and take you our daughters †And dwel with vs the land is at your commandement tille occupie and possesse it †Yea and Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren Let me finde grace in your sight and what soeuer you shal appointe I wil geue †raise the dowrie and require giftes and I shal gladly geue what you shal demande only geue me this wench to wife †Iacobs sonnes answered Sichem his father in guile being wrath for the deflouring of their sister †We can not doe that which you demande nor geue our sister to an vncircumcised person which with vs is an vnlawful abhominable thing †But in this order we may be confederate if you wil be like to vs and al the man sex among you be circumcised †then wil we geue and take mutually your daughters and ours and we wil dwel with you and wil be one people †but if you wil not be circumcised we wil take our daughter and depart †The offer pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne †neither did the young man make delay but forthwith fulfilled that which was demanded for he loued the wench exceedingly and he was the greatest man in al his fathers house †And going into the gate of the citie they spake to the people †These men are men of peace and are willing to dwel with vs let them occupie in the land and til it which being large and wide doth lacke men to tille it their daughters we shal take to wife and ours we wil geue to them †One thing there is for the which so great a good is differred If we circumcise our men sexe folowing the rite of the nation †And their substance and cartle and al things that they possesse shal be ours only in this let vs condescend and dwelling togeather we shal make
thy possession †The third yeare thou shalt separate an other tenth of al thinges that growe to thee at that time and shalt lay it vp within thy gates †And the Leuite shal come that hath no other part nor possession with thee and the stranger and pupil and widow that are within thy gates and shal eate and be filled that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes of thy handes that thou shalt doe CHAP. XV. Remission of dibtes in the seuenth yeare to the israelites but not to strangers 4. Albeit there wil alwayes be some poore yet they must so lend to their needie bretheren that none be forced to begge 12. Abought seruant that is an hebrew must be set free in the seuenth yeare 16. except he desire to serue stil 19. The firstborne in al cattel must be consecrated to God without making priuate profite therof IN the seuenth yeare thou shalt make a remission †which shal be celebrated in this order He to whom any thing is owing of his freind or neighbour and brother can not aske it againe because it is the yeare of remission of our Lord. †Of the seiourner and stranger thou shalt exact of thy countrie man and neighbour thou shalt not haue power to require it †And needie person and begger there shal be none among you that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land which he wil geue thee in possession †Yet so if thou heare the voice of our Lord thy God and keepe al thinges that he hath bid and which I command thee this day he wil blesse thee as he hath promised †Thou shalt lend to manie nations and thy selfe shalt borrow of no man Thou shalt haue dominion ouer verie manie nations and no man shal haue dominion ouer thee †If one of thy brethren that abideth within the gates of thy citie in the land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee come to pouertie thou shalt not harden thy hart nor close thy hand †but shalt open it to the poore man and shalt lend him that which thou perceiuest he hath neede of †Beware lest perhaps an impious cogitation steale in vpon thee and thou say in thy hart The seuenth yeare of remission draweth nigh turne away thy eies from thy poore brother denying to lend him that which he asketh lest he crie against thee to our Lord and it become a sinne vnto thee †But thou shalt geue to him neither shalt thou doe any thing craftely in releuing his necessities that our Lord thy God may blesse thee at al times and in al thinges whereunto thou shalt put thy hand †There shal not want poore in the land of thy habitation therfore I command thee that thou open thy hand to thy needie and poore brother that liueth in the Land †When thy brother an Hebrew man or Hebrew woman is sold to thee and hath serued thee six yeares in the seuenth yeare thou shalt let him goe free †and to whom thou geuest freedom thou shalt in no case suffer him to depart emptie †but geue him his way fare of thy flockes and of thy barne floore and thy presse wherwith our Lord thy God shal blesse thee †Remember that thy self also didst serue in the Land of Aegypt and our Lord thy God made thee free and therfore doe I now command thee †But if he say I wil not depart because he loueth thee and thy house and feeleth that he is wel with thee †thou shalt take an awle and bore through his eare in the dore of thy house and he shal serue thee for euer to thy woman seruant also thou shalt doe in like maner †Turne not away thine eies from them when thou makest them free because he hath serued thee six yeares after the wages of an hireling that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes that thou doest †Of the first borne that come forth in thy heardes and sheepe whatsoeuer is of the male sexe thou shalt sanctifie to our Lord thy God Thou shalt not worke with the first borne of an oxe and thou shalt not sheare the first borne of thy sheepe †In the sight of our Lord thy God shalt thou eate them euerie yeare in the place that our Lord shal choose thou and thy house †But if it haue blemish and be either lame or blind or in any part diffigured or feeble it shal not be immolated to our Lord thy God †but within the gates of thy citie shalt thou eate it as wel the cleane as the vncleane in like maner shal eate them as the doa and the hart †This onlie shalt thou obserue that their bloud thou eate not but power it out on the earth as water CHAP. XVI Three more solemne feastes to be kept euerie yeare Pasch 9. Pentecost 13. and the feast of tabernacles 18. Iust Iudges to be appointed in euerie citie 21 Al occasions of Idolatrie to be auoyded OBSERVE the moneth of new corne and the first of the spring time that thou mayest make the Phase to our Lord thy God because in this moneth our Lord thy God brought thee out of Aegypt by night †And thou shalt immolate the Phase to our Lord thy God of sheepe and of oxen in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there †Thou shalt not eate in it leuened bread Seuen daies shalt thou eate without leuen the bread of affliction because in feare didst thou come out of Aegypt that thou mayest remember the day of thy comming out of Aegypt al the dayes of thy life †Leuened shal not appeare in al thy coastes for seuen daies and there shal not remayne of the flesh of that which was immolated at euen the first day vntil morning †Thou canst not immolate the Phase in euerie one of thy cities which our Lord thy God wil geue thee †but in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there thou shalt immolate the Phase at euen at the going downe of the sunne when thou camest out of Aegypt †And thou shalt boyle and eate is in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose and in the morning rysing vp thou shalt goe into thy tentes †Six daies shalt thou eate azymes and in the seuenth day because it is the collection of our Lord thy God thou shalt doe no worke †Seuen weekes shalt thou number thee from that day wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corne †and thou shalt celebrate the festiual day of weekes to our Lord thy God a voluntarie oblation of thy hand which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of our Lord thy God †and thou shalt feast before our Lord thy God thou thy sonne and thy daughter and thy man seruant and thy woman seruant and the Leuite that is within thy gates
which fighteth against thee CHAP. XXI How to seeke out a secrete murtherer 10. wemen taken in battel may be maried and afterwardes can not be sold nor made bond wemen 15. The eldest sonne may not be depriued of his birthright for hatred of his mother 18. A stubburne sonne must be stoned to death 22. VVhen one is hanged on a gibbet he must be taken downe the same day and buried VVHEN there shal be found in the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee the corps of a man slaine and he that is guiltie of the murder is not knowne †thy ancientes and iudges shal goe forth and measure from the place of the corps the distance of euerie citie round about †and which they shal perceiue to be neerer then the rest the ancientes of that citie shal take an heifer out of the heard that hath not drawen yoke nor ploughed the ground †and shal bring her to a rough and stonie valley that neuer was ploughed nor receiued seede and in it they shal strike of the necke of the heifer †and the priestes the sonnes of Leui shal come whom our Lord thy God hath chosen to minister to him and to blesse in his name and at their word euerie matter dependeth and whatsoeuer is cleane or vncleane must be iudged †And the ancientes of that citie shal come to the slaine person and shal wash their handes ouer the heifer that was strooken in the valley †and shal say Our handes did not sheede this bloud nor our eies seee it †be merciful to thy people Israel whom thou hast redemed o Lord and impute not innocent bloud in the middes of thy people Israel And the guilte of bloud shal be taken from them †and thou shalt be free from the innocents bloud that was shed when thou shalt haue done that which our Lord hath commanded thee †If thou goe forth to fight against thyne enemies and our Lord thy God deliuer them in thy hande and thou leade them away captiue †and seest in the number of the captiues a beautiful woman and louest her and wilt haue her to wife †thou shalt bring her into thy house who shal shaue of her hare and payre her nailes †and put of the rayment wherein she was taken and sitting in thy house shal mourne her father and mother one moneth and afterward thou shalt enter vnto her and shalt sleepe with her and she shal be thy wife †But if afterward she content not thy mynde thou shalt let her goe free neither canst thou sel her for money nor oppresse her by might because thou hast humbled her †If a man haue two wiues one beloued and the other hated and they haue begotten children by him and the sonne of the hated be the firstborne †and he meaneth to diuide his substance among his sonnes he can not make the sonne of the beloued the first borne and preferre him before the sonne of the hated †but the sonne of the hated he shal acknowledge for the first borne and shal geue to him of those thinges which he hath al duble for this is the beginning of his children to this are dew the first brith rightes †If a man begette a stubbourne and froward sonne that wil not heare the commandementes of his father and mother and being chastened contemneth to be obedient †they shal take him and bring him to the ancientes of his citie and to the gate of iudgement †and shal say to them This our sonne is froward and stubborne he contemneth to heare our admonitions he geueth himself to comessation and to ryote and banketinges †the people of the citie shal stone him and he shal die that you may take away the euil out of the middes of you and al Israel hearing it may be afrayde †When a man hath offended so that he is to be punished by death and being condemned to die is hanged on a gybbet †his bodie shal not remaine vpon the tree but the same day shal be buried because he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree and thou shalt not contaminate thy Land which our Lord thy God geueth thee in possession CHAP. XXII Pietie towardes neighboures 5. neither sexe may vse the apparel of the other 6. crueltie to be auoided euen towardes birdes 8. batlement about the roofe af a house 9. Things of diuers kindes not to be mixed 12. cordes in the hemes of a cloke 13. Trial and punishment of adulterie and of deflowring virgines 30. the sonne may not marie his stepmother THOV shalt not see thy brothers oxe or sheepe straying and passe by but shalt bring it backe to thy brother †although thy brother be not nigh and thou know him not thou shalt bring them vnto thy house and they shal be with thee vntil thy brother seeke them and receiue them †In like manner shalt thou doe with his asse and with his rayment and with euerie thing of thy brothers that shal be lost if thou finde it neglect it nor as perteyning to an other †If thou see thy brothers asse or oxe to be fallen in the way thou shalt not contemne it but shalt list it vp with him †A woman shal not be clothed with mans apparel neither shal a man vse womans apparel for he is abominable before God that doeth these thinges †If walking by the way thou finde a birdes nest in a tree or on the ground and the damme sitting vpon the young or the egges thou shalt not hold her with her young †but shalt let her goe taking the young and holding them that it may be wel with thee and thou mayest liue a long time †When thou buildest a new house thou shalt make a batlement to the roofe round about lest bloud be shed in thy house and thou be guiltie an other slipping and falling headlong †Thou shalt not sowe thy vineyard with diuerse seede lest both the seede which thou didst sow and the thinges that grow of the vineyard be sanctisied rogether †Thou shalt not plough with an oxe and asse together †Thou shalt not weare a garment that is wouen of wolle and linnen †Thou shalt make litle cordes in the hemme at the foure corners of thy cloke wherwith thou shalt be couered †If a man marrie a wife and afterward hate her †and seeke occasions to put her away obiecting vnto her a verie il name and say I tooke this wife and compayning with her I found her not a virgin †her father and mother shal take her and shal carie with them the signes of her virginitie to the ancientes of the citie that are in the gate †and the father shal say I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife whom because he hateth †he layeth vnto her a verie il name so that he sayeth I found not thy daughter a virgin and behold these are the signes of my
together one of them die without children the wife of the deceased shal not marie to an oother but his brother shal take her and rayse vp the seede of his brother †and the first borne sonne of her he shal cal by his name that his name be not abolished out of Israel †But if he wil not take his brothers wife that by law is dew to him the woman shal goe to the gate of the citie and cal vpon the ancientes and say My husbandes brother wil not rayse vp his brothers seede in Israel nor take me to his wise †And sorthwith they shal cause him to be sent for and shal aske him If he answer I wil not take her to wife †the woman shal come to him before the ancientes and shal take of his shoe from his foote and spitte in his face and say So shal it be done to the man that buildeth not his brothers house †And his name shal be called in Israel The house of the vnshodde †If two men fal at wordes betwixt them selues and one beginne to brawle against the other and the wife of the one willing to deliuer her husband out of the hand of the stronget put forth her hand and take his priuities †thou shalt cutte of her hand neither shalt thou be moued with any pitie vpon her †Thou shalt not haue diuerse weightes in thy bagge a greater and a lesse †neither shal there be in thy house a greater bushel and a lesse †Thou shalt haue a weight iust and true and thy bushel shal be equal and true that thou mayest liue a long time vpon the Land which our Lord thy God shal geue thee †For thy Lord abhorreth him that doth these thinges and detesteth al iniustice †Remember what Amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of Aegypt †how he mette thee stroke the hindemost of thy armie which being wearie rested them selues when thou wast spent with famine and labour and he feared not God †Therfore when our Lord thy God shal geue thee rest and subdewe al nations round about in the Land which he hath promised thee thou shalt destroy his name vnder heauen Beware thou forget it not ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXV 5. His brother shal take her This proueth euidently that the prohibition not to marie the brothers wife Leuit. 18. was a positiue law binding only when the first brother dying left issue For dying without issue his brother was bound by this law to marie the widow In default of the brother the next of kinne was to marie her and for default of neerer the more remote so Booz maried Ruth Neither was it contrarie but agreable to the law of nature to marie the brothers wife when he was dead without issue as is before noted Gen. 38. CHAP. XXVI First fruites must be offered in special place assigned to Gods seruice professing of gratitude for the land possessed according to Gods promise 12. Likewise tithes of the third yeare 16. with conclusion that the people promise to obserue al the preceptes of God and so doing he wil protect and prosper them AND when thou art entred into the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee to possesse and hast obteyned it and dwellest in it †thou shalt take first of al thy fruites and put them in a maunde and shalt goe to the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may be inuocated there †and thou shalt goe to the priest that shal be in those daies and say to him I professe this day before our Lord thy God that I am entred into the Land for the which he sware to our fathers that he would geue it vs. †and the priest taking the maund at his hand shal sette it before the altar of our Lord thy God †and thou shalt speake in the sight of our Lord God The Syrian persecuted my father who descended into Aegypt and seiourned there in a verie smale number and grew into a nation greate and strong and of an infinite multitude †And the Aegyptians afflicted vs and persecuted vs laying on most grieuous burdens †and we cried to our Lord the God of our fathers who heard vs and respected our affliction and labour and distresse †and brought vs out of Aegypt in a strong hand a stretched out arme in great terrour in signes and wonders †and brought vs into this place and deliuered to vs this Land flowing with milke and honie †And therfore now I offer first fruites of the Land which our Lord hath geuen me And thou shalt leaue them in the sight of our Lord thy God adoring our Lord thy God †And thou shalt feast in al the good thinges which our Lord thy God hath geuen to thee and thy house thou and the Leuite and the stranger that is with thee †When thou hast finished the tithe of al thy fruites in the third yeare of tithes thou shalt geue to the Leuite and the stranger and the pupil and the widow that they may eate within thy gates and be filled †and thou shalt speake in the sight of our Lord thy God I haue brought that which is sanctified out of my house and haue geuen it to the Leuite and the stranger and the pupil and the widow as thou hast commanded me I haue not transgressed thy commandements nor forgotten thy preceptes †I haue not eaten of them in my mourning nor separated them in any vncleannes nor spent of them any thing in funerals I haue obeyed the voice of our Lord my God and haue done al thinges as thou didst command me †Looke from thy sanctuarie and thy high habitation of heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the Land which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest to our fathers a land flowing with milke and honie †This day our Lord thy God hath commanded thee to doe these commandmentes and iudgementes that thou keepe and fulfil them with al thy hart and with al thy soule †Thou hast chosen our Lord this day to be thy God and to walke in his waies and keepe his ceremonies and preceptes and iudgementes and obey his commandement †And our Lord hath chosen thee this day that thou shouldest be his peculiar people as he hath spoken to thee and thou shouldest keepe al his commandementes †and make thee higher then al nations which he created to his prayse and name and glorie that thou mayest be a holie people of our Lord thy God as he hath spoken CHAP. XXVII Gods commandmentes must be written in plastred stones An Altar erected and Sacrifices offered 12. Obseruers of the commandments must be blessed and transgressors cursed 14. with the forme of cursing idolaters and diuers other enormious sinners AND Moyses and the ancientes of Israel commanded the people saying Keepe euerie commandment that I command you this day â€
beastes of the earth and be there none to driue them away †Our Lord strike thee with the boile of Aegypt and the part of thy bodie by the which dung is cast out with scabbe also and itche so that thou canst not be cured †Our Lord strike thee with madnes blindnes and furie of minde †and grope thou at midday as the blinde is wont to grope in the darke and direct not thy wayes And at al times susteyne thou wrong and be thou oppressed with violence neither haue thou any to deliuer thee †Take thou a wife and an other sleepe with her Build thou a house and dwel not therin Plant thou a vineyard and take not the vintage thereof †Be thy oxe immolated beforte thee and thou not eate therof Be thy asse taken away in thy sight and not restored to thee Be thy sheepe geuen to thyne enemies and be there none to helpe thee †Be thy sonnes and thy daughters deliuered to an other people thyne eies seing and daseling at the sight of them al the day and be there no strength in thy hand †The fruites of thy land and al thy laboures let a people eate which thou knowest not and be thou alwaies susteyning calumnie and oppressed al dayes †and astonished at the terrour of those thinges which thyne eies shal see †Our Lord strike thee with a verie sore botche in the knees and shankes and be thou vncurable from the sole of the foote vnto the toppe of thy head †Our Lord shal bring thee and thy King whom thou shalt appoint ouer thee vnto a nation which thou and thy fathers know not and there thou shalt serue strange goddes wood and stone †And thou shalt be destroyed for a prouerbe and fable to al peoples vnto whom our Lord shal bring thee in †Thou shalt cast much seede into the ground and gather litle because the locustes shal deuoure al thinges †Thou shalt plant a vineyard and digge and the wine thou shalt not drinke nor gather any thing therof because it shal be wasted with wormes †Thou shalt haue oliues in al thy borders and shalt not be anointed with the oyle because they shal droppe away perish †Thou shalt begette sonnes and daughters and shalt not enioy them because they shal be ledde into captiuitie †Al thy trees and the fruites of thy ground the blasting shal consume †The stranger that liueth with thee in the Land shal ascend ouer thee and shal be higher and thou shalt descend downeward and be inferior †He shal lend thee and thou shalt not lend him He shal be as the head and thou shalt be the tayle †And al these curses shal come vpon thee and pursewing shal ouertake thee til thou perish because thou heard not the voice of our Lord thy God nor kept his commandmentes and ceremonies which he commanded thee †And they shal be in thee as signes and wonders and in thy seede for euer †because thou didst not serue our Lord thy God in ioy and gladnes of hart for the abundance of al thinges †Thou shalt serue thine enemie whom our Lord wil send vpon thee in hunger and thirst and nakednes and al penurie and he shal put an yron yoke vpon thy necke til he consume thee †Our Lord wil bring vpon thee a Nation from a farre and from the vttermost endes of the earth in likenes of an eagle that flieth with vehemencie whose tongue thou canst not vnderstand †a verie malapert Nation that wil attribute nothing to the ancient nor haue pitie on the litle one †and wil deuoure the fruite of thy cattel and the fruites of thy Land vntil thou perish and wil not leaue thee wheate wine and oile heardes of oxen and flockes of sheepe vntil it destroy thee †and consume thee in al thy cities and thy strong and highe walles be destroyed wherin that hadst confidence in al thy Land Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in al thy Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee †and thou shalt cate the fruite of thy wombe and the flesh of thy sonnes and of thy daughters which our Lord thy God shal geue thee in the distresse and vastation wherwith thyne enemie shal oppresse thee †The man that is delicate in thee and very riotious shal much enuie his owne brother and his wife that lieth in his bosome †so that he shal not geue them of the flesh of his children which he wil eate because he hath nothing els in the siege and penurie wherwith thine enemies shal waste thee within al thy gates †The tender and delicate woman that could not goe vpon the ground nor sette downe her foote for ouer much nicenes and tendernes wil enuie her husband that lyeth in her bosome vpon the flesh of her sonne and daughter †and the filthines of the after birthes that come forth from the middes of her thighes and vpon the children that are borne the same howre for they shal eate them secretely because of the penurie of al thinges in the siege and vastation wherwith thine enemie shal oppresse thee within thy gates †Vnlesse thou keepe and doe al the wordes of this law that be written in this volume and feare his name glorious and terrible that is Our Lord thy God †our Lord shal increase thy plagues and the plagues of thy seede greate plagues and continuing sore infirmities and perpetual †and he shal turne vpon thee al the afflictions of Aegypt which thou didst feare and they shal cleaue to thee †Moreouer also al the diseases and plagues that be not written in the volume of this law our Lord wil bring vpon thee til he consume thee †and you shal remaine few in number which before was as the starres of heauen for multitude because thou heardst not the voice of our Lord thy God †And as before our Lord reioyced vpon you doing good to you and multiplying you so he shal reioyse destroying and subuerting you so that you may be taken away from the Land which thou shalt enter to possesse †Our Lord shal disperse thee into al peoples from the farthest partes of the earth to the endes therof and there thou shalt serue strange goddes which thou art ignorant of and thy fathers woode and stone †In those nations also thou shalt not be quiet neither shal there be resting for the steppe of thy foote For our Lord wil geue thee a feareful hart and daseling eies and a soule consumed with pensifenes †and thy life shal be as it were hanging before thee Thou shalt feare night and day and thou shalt not trust in thy life †In the morning thou shalt say Who wil graunt me euening and at euening Who wil grant me morning for the fearefulnes of thy hart wherwith thou shalt be terrified and for those thinges which thou shalt see with thine eies †Our Lord shal bring thee againe
conteyne his thankesgeuing to God for benefites receiued and prophecie of thinges to come with a catalogue of valiant men THE SECOND BOOKE OF SAMVEL WHICH WE CAL THE SECOND OF KINGES CHAP. 1. Dauid hearing that Saul and Ionathas are slaine 11. mourneth with al his familie weeping and fasting 13. causeth him to be slaine who affirmed that he had killed king Saul 18. He traineth vp archers 19. and inuiteth also al Israel to mourne AND it came to passe after that Saul was dead that Dauid returned from the slaughter of Amalec and taryed in Siceleg two dayes †And in the third day there appeared a man coming out of Sauls campe his garments torne and sprinkled on the head with dust and as he came to Dauid he fel vpon his face and adored †And Dauid said vnto him Whence comest thou Who said to him I fledde out of the campe of Israel †And Dauid said vnto him What is the matter that is done tel me Who said The people is fled out of the battel and many of the people are ouerthrowen and dead yca Saul also and Ionathas his sonne are dead †And Dauid said to the yong man that told him How knowest thou that Saul is dead and Ionathas his sonne †And the young man that told him sayd By chance I came into mount Gelboe and Saulleaned vpon his speare moreouer the chariots and horsemen approched vnto him †and turning backward and seing me he called To whom when I had answered here I am †he said to me Who art thou And I said to him I am an Amalecite †And he said to me Stand vpon me and kil me because anguishes hold me and as yet al my life is in me †And standing vpon him I killed him for I knewe that he could not liue after the fal and I tooke the Diademe that was on his head the bracelette from his arme and haue brought to thee my lord hither †And Dauid taking his garments rent them and al the men that were with him †and they mourned and wept and fasted vntil euening vpon Saul and vpon Ionathas his sonne and vpon the people of our Lord and vpon the house of Israel because they were fallen by the sword †And Dauid said to the yong man that had told him Whence art whou Who answered I am the sonne of a man a stranger of Amalec †Dauid said to him Why didst thou not feare to put to thy hand to kil the annointed of our Lord †And Dauid calling one of his seruants said Goe runne vpon him Who stroke him and he died †And Dauid said to him Thy bloud be vpon thine owne head for thyn owne mouth hath spoken against thee saying I haue slaine the annointed of our Lord. †And Dauid mourned this kind of mourning vpon Saul and vpon Ionathas his sonne †and he commanded that they should teach the children of Iuda the bowe as it is written in the Booke of the iust And he said Consider o Israel for them that be dead wounded vpon thy high places †The Nobles ô Israel are slayne vpon thy mountaynes how are the valiants fallen †Tel it not in Geth neither tel ye it in the high waies of Ascalon lest perhaps the daughters of the Philisthijms be gladde lest the daughters of the vncircumcised reioice †Mountaines of Gelboe let neither dew nor rayne come vpon you neither be they fields of the first fruits because there was the shield of the valiantes cast away the shield of Saul as though he were not annointed with oyle †From the bloud of the slaine from the fatte of the valiants the arrowe of Ionathas neuer returned backward and the sword of Saul did not returne emptie †Saul and Ionathas amiable and comely in their life in death also were not diuided swifter then eagles stronger then lyons †Yee daughters of Israel weepe vpon Saul who clothed you with scarlet in delicaces who gaue golden ornaments to your attyre †How haue the valiantes fallen in battel Ionathas bene slayne in thy high places †I am sorie for thee my brother Ionathas exceeding beautiful and amiable aboue the loue of wemen As the mother loueth her onlie sonne so did I loue thee †How haue the strong fallen and the weapons of warre perished CHAP. II. Dauid is receiued and annointed King of Iuda 5. He commendeth those of Iabes Galaad which buried Saul 8. Isboseth the sonne of Saul reigneth ouer the rest of Israel 12. whereby riseth sharpe warre betwen Abner and Ioab chief captaines of the two kinges 30. Manie more are slaine of Abners partie then of Ioabs THEREFORE after these thinges Dauid consulted our Lord saying Shal I goe vp into one of the cities of Iuda And our Lord said to him Goe vp And Dauid said Whit her shal I goe vp And he answered him Into Hebron †Dauid therefore went vp and his two wiues Achinoam the Iezrahelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel †yea and the men also that were with him Dauid brought euery one with his houshould and they abode in the townes of Hebron †And the men of Iuda came and annoynted Dauid there to reigne ouer the house of Iuda And it was told Dauid that the men of Iabes Galaad had buried Saul †Dauid therefore sent messengers vnto the men of Iabes Galaad and sayd vnto them Blessed be you to our Lord which haue done this mercie with your lord Saul and haue buried him †And now our Lord certes wil render you mercie and truth but I also wil requite you the good turne for that you haue done this thing †Let your handes be strengthned and be yee stout men for although your lord Saul be dead yet the house of Iuda hath annointed me to be their king †But Abner the sonne of Ner prince of Sauls armie tooke Isboseth the sonne of Saul led him about through the campe †and ordained him king ouer Galaad and ouer Gessuri and ouer Iezrahel ouer Ephraim and ouer Beniamin and ouer al Israel †Fourtie yeares old was Isboseth the sonne of Saul when he began to reigne ouer Israel and he reigned two yeares and only the house of Iuda folowed Dauid †And the number of the daies that Dauid abode reigning in Hebron ouer the house of Iuda was seuen yeares and six monethes †And Abner the sonne of Ner went forth and the seruantes of Isboseth the sonne of Saul out of the campe into Gabaon †Moreouer Ioab the sonne of Saruia and the seruants of Dauid went forth and mette them beside the poole of Gabaon and when they were come together into one place they sate one ouer against an other these on the one side of the poole and they on the other †And Abner said to Ioab Let the yong men rise and play before vs. And Ioab answered Let them rise †There rose therefore and passed twelue in number
her hath Amnon thy brother lyen with thee but now sister hold thy peace he is thy brother neither afflict thou thy hart for this thing Thamar therefore taryed pyning in the house of Absalom her brother †And when Dauid the king had heard these wordes he was greeued excedingly †Moreouer Absalom spake not to Amnon neitheir good nor euil for Absalom hated Amnon because he had rauished Thamar his sister †And it came to passe after the space of two yeares that the sheepe of Absalom were shorne in Baalhasor which is beside Ephraim and Absalom called al the kinges sonnes †and he came to the king and said to him Behold tâ—y seruantes sheepe are to be shorne Let the king I pray with his seruantes come to his seruant †And the king said to Absalom Doe not so my sonne request not that we come al charge thee And when he was earnest with him he would not goe he blessed him †And Absalom said If thou wilt not come at the least let Amnon my brother I besech thee come with vs. And the king said to him It is not necessary that he goe with thee †Absalom therefore was earnest with him and he let Amnon and al the kinges sonnes goe with him And Absalom made a feast as it were the feast of a king †And Absalom had commanded his seruantes saying Marke when Amnon shal be drunke with wine and I shal say to you Strike him and kil him feare not for it is I that command you take courage and play the valiant men †Therefore the seruantes of Absalom did against Amnon as Absalom had commanded them And al the kinges sonnes rysing gatte vp euery one vpon their mules and fled †And when they yet went on in their way a rumour came to Dauid saying Absalom hath stricken al the kinges sonnes and there is not leift of them so much as one †The king therfore rose vp and rent his garmentes and fel vpon the ground and al his seruantes that stood about him rent their garmentes †But Ionadab the sonne of Semmaa Dauids brother answering sayd Let not my lord the king thinke that al the kinges sonnes be slayne Amnon only is dead because he was put in the mouth of Absalom since the day that he rauished Thamar his sister †Now therefore let not my lord the king put this word vpon his hart saying Al the kinges sonnes are slayne because Amnon only is dead And Absalom fled and the seruant that was the scoutewatch lifted vp his eies and looked and behold much people came by a byway on the side of the mountayne †And Ionadab sayd to the king Loe the kinges sonnes be come according to the wordes of thy seruant so is it done †And when he had ceased to speake the kinges sonnes also appeared entring in they lifted vp their voice and wept yea the king also and al his seruantes bewailed with an exceding great weeping †Moreouer Absalom fleing went to Tholomai the sonne of Ammiud the king of Gessur Dauid therefore mourned for his sonne al daies †And Absalom when he was fled and come into Gessur was there three yeares †And king Dauid ceased to pursew Absalom because he was comforted vpon the death of Amnon CHAP. XIIII Ioab suborning a woman first to propose the suite by a parable 21. obtayneth pardon for Absalom 24. but so that he appeareth not in the kinges presence 25. He is exceding fayre hath three sonnes and one daughter 29. Ioab refusing to deale further for his free release Absalom burneth his corne 31. Then Ioab procureth his accesse to the king AND Ioab the sonne of Saruia vnderstanding that the kinges hart was turned to Absalom †he sent to Thecua and tooke thence a prudent woman and he sayd to her Feyn e that thou mournest and put on a mourning garment and be not annoynted with oyle that thou mayst be as a woman now along tyme mourning for one dead †And thou shalt goe in vnto the king and shalt speake to him these maner of wordes And Ioab put the wordes in her mouth †Therefore when the woman of Thecua was gone in to the king she fel before him vpon the ground and adored and said Saue me ô king †And the king sayd to her What matter hast thou Who answered Alas I am a widow woman for my husband is dead †And thy handmaide had two sonnes who fel at wordes against eche other in the field and there was none to stay them and the one stroke the other and slew him †And behold the whole kinred rysing against thy handmaide saith Deliuer him that hath striken his brother that we may kil him for the life of his brother whom he hath slayne and may cleane destroy the heire and they seeke to extingnish my sparkle which is leift that there may no name remaine to my husband nor reliques vpon the earth †And the king said to the woman Goe into thy house and I wil geue commandement for thee †And the woman of Thecua said to the king Vpon me my lord be the iniquitie and vpon the house of my father but be the king and his throne innocent †And the king said He that shal gaynesay thee bring him to me he shal adde no more to touch thee †Who sayd Let the king remember our Lord his God that the next of bloud be not multiplied to reuenge and that they kil not my sonne Who sayd Our Lord liueth there shal not fal of the heares of thy sonne vpon the earth †The woman therefore sayd Let thy handmayde speake to my lord the king a word †And he sayd Speake †And the woman sayd Why hast thou thought such a thing agaynst the people of God and why hath the king spoken this word that he would sinne and not bring againe his banished one †We doe al dye and as waters that returne not we fal downe on the earth neither wil God haue a soule to perish bur reuoketh meaning that he perish not altogether that is cast of †Now therefore I come that I may speake to my lord the king this word the people being present And thy handmayd sayd I wil speake to the king if by any meanes the king may doe the word of his handmaide †And the king hath heard to deliuer his handmaide out of the hand of al that would destroy me out of the inheritance of our Lord and my sonne together †Let thy handmaide therefore say that the word of my lord the king be made as a sacrifice For euen as an Angel of God so is my lord the king that he is moued neither with blessing nor cursing Wherefore our Lord also thy God is with thee †And the king answering sayd to the woman Hide not from me the thing that I aske thee And the woman sayd to him Speake my lord king †And the king sayd Is the hand of
queene made a feast for the wemen in the palace where king Assuerus had accustomed to remayne †Therfore the seuenth day when the king was merier and after very much drinking was wel warmed with wine he commanded Mâ—umam and Bazatha and Harbona and Bagatha and Abgatha and Zethar and Charchas the seuen eunuches that ministred in his sight †that they should bring in queene Vasthi before the king the crowne set vpon her head that he might shew her beautie to al the peoples and princes for she was exceding beautiful †Who refused and contemned to come at the kings commandment which he had commanded by the eunuches Wherupon the king being wrath and chaffed with exceding furie †asked the wisemen which after the manner of a king were alwayes present with him and he did al thinges by their counsel which knew the lawes and rightes of the elders †and the chiefe and nearest him were Charsena and Sethar and Admatha and Tharsis and Mares and Marsana and Mamuchan seuen dukes of the Persians and of the Medes which saw the face of the king and were wont to sitt first after him †to what sentence Vasthi the queene should be subiect that would not do Assuerus the kings commandment which he had commanded by â—he eunuches †And Mamuchan answered the king hearing and the princes Queene Vasthi hath not only hurt the king but also al peoples and princes that are in al the prouinces of king Assuerus †For the word of the queene wil goe forth to al wemen that they wil contemne their husbands and wil say King Assuerus commanded that the queene Vasthi should come in to him and she would not †And by this example al the wiues of the princes of the Persians and the Medes wil little esteeme the commandmentes of their husbandes wherfore the kings indignation is iust †If it please thee let an edict goe forth from thy face and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of Medes which is not lawful to be transgressed that Vasthi come in no more to the king but an other that is better then she take her kingdome †And let this be published into al the empire of thy prouinces which is most large and let al the wiues as wel of the greater as of the lesser geue honour to their husbandes †His counsel pleased the king and the princes and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan †and he sent letters to al the prouinces of his kingdome as euerie nation could heare and reade in diuers languages and characters that the husbandes should be princes and maisters in their houses and that this should be published through al peoples CHAP. II. Inquirie being made of the best and fairest virgines 5. Esther the vnknowe neece of Mardocheus a â—ew is preferred 18. and made Queene in place of Vasthi a mariage feast made and presentes geuen 21 Mardocheus detecteth traitors and his seruice is recorded in the regester THESE thinges so done after the indignation of king Assuerus was asswaged he remembred Vasthi and what she had done or what she had suffered †and the kings seruantes and his ministers said Let there be maydens sought for the king virgins and beautiful †and let there be sent that may viewe through al prouinces beautiful maydens and virgins and let them bring them to the citie of Susan and deliuer them into the house of wemen vnder the hand of Egeus the eunuch who is ouerseer of the kings wemen and let them receiue wemens ornamentes and other things necessarie to be vsed †And which so euer among al shal please the kings eies let her reigne for Vasthi The word pleased the king and so as they had suggested he commanded to be done †There was a man in the citie of Susan a Iew named Mardocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei the sonne of Cis of the stocke of Iemini †who had beene transported from Ierusalem the same time that Nabucodonosor the king of Babylon transported Iechonias the king of Iuda †who was the foster father of his brothers daughter Edissa which by an other name was called Esther and she had lost both her parentes exceeding beautiful and of comely face And her father and mother being dead Mardocheus adopted her for his daughter †And when the kings commandment was bruited abrode and according to his commandement many fayre virgins were brought to Susan and were deliuered to Fgeus the eunuch Esther also among the rest of the maydens was deliuered to him that she might be kept in the number of the wemen †Who pleased him and found grace in his sight And he commanded the eunuch that he should hasten the wemens ornamentes and should deliuer her her partes seuen the most beautiful maydens of the kings house and should adorne and decke both her and her wayting maydes †Who would not tel him her people and countrie For Mardocheus had commanded her that of this thing she should altogether keepe silence †who walked daily before the entrance of the house wherin the chosen virgins were kept taking care of Esthers welfare and desirous to know what should chance vnto her †And when the time of euerie virgin in order was come that they should goe in to the king al things accomplished that perteyned to wemens ornamentes it was the twelfth moneth yet so that for six monethes they were anoynted with oyle of myrtle and other six monethes they vsed certayne payntings and sweete spices †And going in to the king what soeuer they asked that perteyned to adorning they receiued and being trimmed as it pleased them they passed from the chamber of the wemen to the kings chamber †And she that went in at euening came out in the morning and from thence she was brought to the second house that was vnder the hand of Susagazus the cunuch who was chiefe ouer the kings concubines neither had she power to returne any more to the king vnlesse the king had willed and had commanded her to come by name †And the time by order coming about the day was at hand that Esther the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardocheus whom he had adopted for his daughter should goe in to the king Who sought not wemens ornamentes but whatsoeuer Egeus the eunuch the keper of the virgins would those things he gaue her to her adorning For she was exceding fayre and of incredible beautie she semed to al mens eies gratious and amiable †She therfore was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth moneth which is called Tebeth in the seuenth yeare of his reigne †And the king loued her more then al the wemen and she had grace and mercie before him aboue al the wemen and he put the crowne of the kingdom on her head and made her reigne in steede of Vasthi †And he commanded a verie magnifical feast to be prepared to
bynding †Thou shalt put on her a stole of glorie and as a crowne of gratulation thou shalt set her vpon thee †Sonne if thou attend to me thou shal◠learne and if thou wilt applie thy minde thou shalt be wise †If thou wilt incline thine eare thou shalt receiue doctrine and if thou loue to heare thou shalt be wise †Stand in the multitude of wise ancients and be ioyned to their wisdom from thy hart that thou maist heare al the narration of God and the prayse may not escape thee †And if thou see a wise man watch after him and let thy soote weare the steppes of his doores †Haue thy cogitation in the precepts of God and in his commandements most of al be dayly conuersant and he wil geue thee hart and the desire of wisdom shal be geuen thee CHAP. VII Flie from al euil thinges 4. as ambition presumption scandal pusillanimitie lying and babling 16. Husbandrie of the ground 21. a good wife and good seruantes are to be cherised 25. kepe children in discipline 29. Honour parents and elders 36. pittie the poore 40. Memorie of the last thinges preserueth from sinne DOE not euils and they shal nor apprehend thee †Depart from the wicked euil shal fayle from thee †Sonne sow not euils in the furrowes of iustice thou shalt not reape them seuenfold †Seeke not of the lord chiefe principalitie nor of the king the chayre of honour †Iustifie not thyself before God because he is the knower of the hart and before the king desire not to seme wise †Seeke not to be made a iudge vnles thou be able by power to breake iniquities lest perhaps thou feare the face of the mightie and put a scandal in thyne equitie †Sinne not against the multitude of a citie neither thrust thyself into the people †nor binde together duble sinnes for neither in one shalt thou be free from punishment †Be not fayntharted in thy minde †despise not to pray and to geue almes †Say not In the multitude of my giftes God wil haue respect and when I offer to God most high he wil receiue my giftes †Laugh not a man to scorne in the bitternes of his soule for there is that humbleth and exalteth God the ouerseer of al. †Plowe not a lie agaynst thy brother neither doe thou likewise agaynst thy frend †Be not willing to make any lie for the custome therof is not good †Be not ful of wordes in a multitude of ancients and iterate not a word in thy speach †Hate not laborious workes and husbandrie created of the Highest †Counte not thy selfe in the multitude of men without discipline †Be mindeful of wrath because it wil not slacke †Humble thy spirit very much because the vengeance of the flesh of the impious is fyre and the worme †Doe not preuaricate against thy frend differring money nor despise thy dearest brother for gold †Depart not from a wise and good woman which thou hast gotten in the feare of our Lord for the grace of her bashfulnes is aboue gold †Hurt not the seruant that worketh in truth nor the hyred man that geueth his soule †Let a wise seruant be beloued of thee as thy soule defraude him not of libertie nor leaue him needie †Hast thou cattel looke wel to them and if they be profitable let them continew with thee †Hast thou children instruct them bowe them from their childehood †Hast thou daughters keepe their bodie and shew not thy countenance merrie towards them †Bestow thy daughter and thou shalt doe a great worke and geue her to a wise man †If thou haue a wife according to thy soule cast her not of and to her that is hateful commit not thyself With thy whole hart †honour thy father and forget not the gronings of thy mother †remember that thou hadst not bene borne but by them and recompence them as they also thee †In al thy soule feare our Lord and sanctifie his priestes †With al thy strength loue him that made thee forsake not his ministers †Honour God with al thy soule and honour the priestes and purge thyself with the armes †Geue them the portion as it is commanded thee of the first fruites and purgation and of thy negligence purge thy self with few †The gift of thyne armes and the sacrifice of sanctification thou shalt offer to our Lord and the first of holie thinges †and to the poore stretch out thyne hand that thy propitiation may be perfected and thy blessing †The grace of a gift is in the sight of al the liuing and from the dead stay nor grace †Want not in consolation to them that weepe and walke with them that moorne †Be not loth to visite the sicke for by these thinges thou shalt be confirmed in loue †In al thy workes remember thy later ends and thou wilt not sinne for euer CHAP. VIII Contend not with a man of powre rich ful of tongue or very ignorant 6. Despise not the penitent nor old folke 8. Reioyce not at an enemies death 9. Lerne of the elder 13. Obserue discretion in admonishing lending and in being suertie 17. Reproue not Iudges 18. Conuerse not with the furious foolish nor with strangers STRIVE not with a mightie man lest perhaps thou fal into his handes †Contend not with a rich man lest perhaps he make an action against thee †For gold and siluer hath destroyed manie and hath reached euen to the hart of kinges and hath turned them †Striue not with a man ful of tongue and thou shalt not heape stickes vpon his fyre †Communicate not with the ignorant man lest he speake il of thy progenie †Despise not a man that turneth himself from sinne nor vpbrayde him therwith remember that we are al in state to be blamed †Despise not a man in his old age for we also shal become old †Reioyce not of thine enemie dead knowing that we doe al die and would not that others should ioy therat †Despise not the narration of wise ancients and in their prouerbes be thou conuersant †For of them thou shalt lerne wisdom and doctrine of vnderstanding and to serue great men without blame †Let not the narration of the ancients escape thee for they lerned of their fathers †because of them thou shalt lerne vnderstanding and in time of necessitie to geue answer †Kindle not the coles of sinners rebuking them and be not kindled with the flame of the fire of their sinnes †Stand not against the face of a contumelious person lest he sitte as a spie in wayte for thy mouth †Lend not to a man mightier then thyself and if thou doest lend count it as lost †Be not suretie aboue thy power and if thou be surerie
And thou sonne of man mourne in contrition of the loynes and in bitternes mourne before them †And when they shal say to thee Why mournest thou thou shalt say For the bruite because it cometh and euerie hart shal melt al handes shal be dissolued and euerie spirit shal be weakened and waters shal runne by al knees behold it commeth and it shal be done saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man prophecie and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Speake The sword the sword is sharpened and fourbished †To kil victims it is sharpened to glitter it is fourbished thou that mouest the scepter of my sonne hast cut downe euerie tree †And I gaue it to be made smooth that it may be held with the hand this is a sharpened sword and this is forbished that it may be in the hand of the slayer †Crie and howle ô sonne of man because this same is made in my people in al the captaines of Israel that fled they are deliuered to the sword with my people therfore strike vpon the thigh †because it is proued and that when it shal ouerthrow the scepter it shal not be saith our Lord God †Thou therfore ô sonne of man prophecie strike hand against hand and let the sword be dubled let the sword of the slaine be tripled this is the sword of great slaughter that maketh them to be astonied †and to pine in hart multiplieth ruines In al their gates haue I geuen the truble of the sword sharpe and furbished to glitter addressed to slaughter †Be thou sharpened goe to the right hand or to the left whithersoeuer the appetite of thy face is †Yea and I wil clappe hand to hand and wil fil mine indignation I the Lord haue spoken †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man put thee two wayes that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both shal come forth out of one land and he shal take coniecture with the hand in the head of the way of the citie shal he choose it †Thou shalt make way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon and to Iuda into Ierusalem most fenced †For the king of Babylon stood in the high way in the head of two wayes seeking diuination shufling arrowes he asked the idols tooke counsel of intralles †On his right hand was made diuination vpon Ierusalem to sette engins to open the mouth in flaughter to eleuate the voice in howling to set engins against the gates to cast vp a rampier to build munitions †And he shal be as it were consulting the oracle in vaine in their eies imitating the rest of sabbathes but he shal remember the iniquitie to take it †Therfore thus saith our Lord God For that you haue remembred your iniquitie and haue reueled your preuarications and your sinnes haue appeared in al your cogitations for that I say that you remembred you shal be taken by hand †But thou prophane impious prince of Israel whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie †Thus saith our Lord God Take away the myter take of the crowne is not this it that extolled the humble and humbled the high †Iniquitie iniquitie iniquitie wil I put it and this was not done til he came to whom iudgement belongeth and I wil deliuer it to him †And thou sonne of man prophecie and say Thus saith our Lord God to the children of Ammon and to their reproch and thou shalt say Sword sword draw out thyselfe to kil fourbish thy selfe to slaye and to glitter †When vaine thinges were sene for thee and lies were diuined that thou mightest be geuen vpon the neckes of the wounded impious whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie †Returne to thy scabbard in the place wherin thou wast created in the land of thy natiuitie I wil iudge thee †and wil powre out vpon thee mine indignation in the fire of my furie wil I blow vpon thee and wil geue thee into the handes of men vnwise framing destruction †Thou shalt be foode for the fire thy bloud shal be in the middes of the land thou shalt be forgotten because I the Lord haue spoken CHAP. XXII For diuers enormious sinnes 14. Ierusalem and al Israel shal be plaged 25. namely false prophets priestes rauening princes and wicked people AND the woord of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man doest thou not iudge doest thou not iudge the citie of bloud †And thou shalt shew her al her abominations and shalt say Thus saith our Lord God The citie shedding bloud in the middes of it that her time may come and that hath made idols against herselfe that she might be polluted †In thy bloud which is shed by thee thou hast offended and in thine idols which thou hast made thou art polluted and thou hast made thy dayes to approch and hast brought the time of thy yeares therfore haue I geuen thee a reproch to the Gentils and a mockerie to al landes †Those that are nere and that are far from thee shal triumph ouer thee thou filthie one noble great in destruction †Behold the princes of Israel euerie one in his arme haue bene in thee to shede bloud †Father and mother they haue abused with contumelies in thee the stranger they haue calumniated in the middes of thee the pupil and widow they haue made sorowful in thee †My sanctuaries you haue despised and my sabbathes you haue polluted †Detracting men haue bene in thee to shede bloud and vpon the mountaynes they haue eaten in thee they haue wrought wickednes in the middes of thee †The fathers shame they haue discouered in thee the vncleannes of the menstruous woman they haue humbled in thee †And euerie one hath wrought abomination vpon his neighbours wife and the father in law hath polluted his daughter inlaw wickedly the brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of his father in thee †They haue taken giftes in thee to shede bloud thou hast taken vsurie and ouerplus and didst calumniate thy neighbours couetously and thou hast forgotten me saith our Lord God †Behold I haue wrong my handes vpon thy couetousnes which thou hast done and vpon the bloud that hath bene shed in the middes of thee †Why shal thy hart abide or shal thy handes preuaile in the dayes which I shal make to thee I the Lord haue spoken and wil doe it †And I wil disperse thee into nations wil scatter thee into landes and wil make thy vncleannes to faile from thee †And I wil possesse thee in the sight of the Gentils and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of
in the space of nere 300. yeares   l 2564.   l Othoniel the first Iudge of the tribe of Iuda deliuered the Israelites from molestation of the king of Syria He gouerned comprehending also the intermission fourtie yeares Iudic. 3. v. 11. Neither did it suffice their phancies to coÌ„mend themselues and their goodes to the protection of few goddes but diuers thinges yea and the same thinges according to diuers state to diuers goddes and goddesses As S. Augustin noteth li. 4. c. 8. de ciuit that they thought it not sufficient to coÌ„mend their landes possessions to one god or goddesse but the fieldes to one mouÌ„taines to an other little hilles to an other valleys or medowes to an other Likewise their corne not al to one but the sede newly sowne to one beginning to brewerd to an other when it riseth beginneth to haue knottes to an other when it bladeth to an other when the eare springeth to an other when it is ripe readie to be reaped to an other And so without end more and more vaine goddes were imagined by the diuels suggestion The booke of Iudges sheweth the state of the people of God the space of nere three hundred yeares after the death of Iosue when they had sometimes temporal gouerners of diuers tribes some times none m 2588.   m Aod of the tribe of Beniamin the second Iudge killed Eglon king of Moab and so deliuered Israel and slew tenne thousand Moabites Iud. 3. v. 20. 29.      n Samgar a husbandman the third Iudge killing six hundred Philisthimes with the culter of a plough defended Israel Iudic. 3. v. 31. He with Aod and the times wanting iudges gouerned seuentie fiue yeares   o 2663.   o Barach by direction of Debora a prophetesse fighting against Sisara chiefe captaine of Iabin king of Asor Iahil a stout woman slew the same captaine striking a naile in his head Iud. 4. They gouerned 38. yeares    Abisue Salmon p Gedeon confirmed by miracles that he was sent of God ouertherw the Madianites and deliuered Israel gouerning fourtie yeares Iudic. 6. 7. 8.   p 2701.   q Abimelech the base sonne of Gedeon vniustly vsurping auctoritie killed his seuenty bretheren one only escaping but within three yeares was hated of his folowers and slaine by a woman Iud 9.   q 2741.   r Thola defended the countrie from inuasion of enimies three yeares Iud. 10.   r 2744.   s Iair a potent noble man defended the people twentie two yeares Iud. 10. v. 3.   s 2767. Bocci  t Iepte first reiected but afterwards intreated by the ancientes of the people fought for them and ouerthrew the enemies And vpon an vndiscrete vow offered his daughter in sacrifice Iud. 11.   t 2789.  Booz   who so deluding men brought them to eternal ruine    v He killed in ciuil warre fourtie two thousand Ephraimites and gouerned six yeares Iud. 12.   w 2795.   w Abesan a fortunate good man ruled in peace seuen yeares Iudic. 12. v. 9. About this time Booz of the tribe of Iuda maried Ruth a Moabite by whom the right line of Iudas descended by Phares to Dauid Ruth 4. v. 18. c. The people in this time of peace fel againe to idolatrie For which God suffered the Philistimes to afflict them Iud. 13. The tribe of Dan set vp idolatrie Iud. 18.  x 2802.   x Ahialon gouerned likewise in peace tenne yeares Iud. 12. v. 11. A hainous crime being committed in the tribe of Beniamin and not punished the other Israelites made battle against them being themselues also great sinners lost manie men in two conflictes but in the third the tribe of Beniamin was almost destroyed Iud. 19. v. 20. The booke of Ruth amongst other mysteries sheweth the genealogie of Dauid of whose sede Christ was borne y 2812.  Obed. y Abdon an other nobleman gouerned eight yeares Iud. 12. v. 13.   z 2820. Ozi  z Samson from his birth a Nazareite of admirable streingth did manie heroical actes killed manie Philistimes in his life more by his owne death He gouerned twentie yeares Iud. 13. v. 5. c. ch 16. v. 31.   a 2840. Hei otherwise Zaraias  a Heli of the stocke of Aaron by the line of Ithamar was High priest and gouerned Israel fourtie yeares 1. Reg. 4. v. 18.     Isai or Iesse b Samuel whose mother being long barren had presented him an infant in the temple according to her vow was a Nazareire and a prophet from a child 1.  The foure bookes of kings shew the state of the Church from the b 2880.     first kinges of Gods people to their captiuitie And the two bookes of Paralipomenon do repete briefly some thinges written before partly adde thinges omitted in other bookes  Maraioth Dauid b. Reg. 1. 3. And after the death of Heli gouerned the people of Israel before Saul twentie yeares And with him twentie yeares more About the yeare of the world 2830. Troy was taken and destroyed by the Grecians In which battel were Agamemnon Vlisses Achilles Nestor many others not in dede so renowmed for anie vertues or factes of their owne as Homer Horace Viâ—gil Onid others by poetical libertie flatterie sette them forth But most follie appeareth in that the citie of Rome was afterwards commended to those goddes which were taken in Troy not able to defend them selues from inuasion and spoile S. Aug. li. 1. c. 3. ciuit The psalmes written by Dauid a summarie of al holie Scriptures c 2900. Achimelech or Amarias Dauid king c By the importunitie of the people to haue a king God appointed Samuel to annoint Saul 1. Reg. 10. who at first gouerned wel but afterwards declining from God was deposed Dauid annointed by the same prophet Samuel 1. Reg. 16. Yet Saul was not actually depriued of the scepter so long as he liued 1. Reg. 31.   d 2920. Abiathar or Achitob Salomon d Dauid king prophetâ—â— led his kingdom as a right parterne of al good kinges made the booke of Psalmes ful of al diuine knowlege prepared meanes for building the temple ordained diuers sortes of musitians and reigned fourtie yeares 2. Reg. totus 2. Par. 23 c.   e 2960. Sadoc  e Salomon excelling in wisdom prospered in this world 3. Reg. 3. c.   f 2964.   f He built the temple and adorned the same with al excellent furniture requisite for Gods seruice disposing al in order as Dauid had ordained   THE END OF THE FOVRTH AGE THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH AGE AnnimuÌ„di High-priests kinges of luda The sacred Historie Schismes and infidelitie Scriptures g 2972.   g The temple being finished in seuen yeares was
4. :: The life of the iust hath fulnes of dayes though it be otherwise short the daies of the wicked are void of fruict be they manie or few S. Ambrose li. de Abraham :: S. Augustin â—q 72. in Gen disputeth but could not decide whether Rebecca went to some Priest or Prophet or Altar or whither els or only retyred to priuate prayer :: Holie Scripture premonisheth Iacobs sinceritie lest in the Mysteries folowing he might be suspected of false dealing S. Aug. li. 16. c. 37. ciuit VVhy Agar Cetura being lawful wines are called coÌ„cubines Their childreÌ„ signified Pagaines Heretikes Gods predestination and for seing include not exclude the meanes by which his wil is done The couenant made to Abraham pertaned only to Isaac and Iacob not to the rest of his issue li. 16. c. 35. ciuit 2. Reg. 8. Psal 59. Gods mere mercie in electing anie his iustice to the reprobate Rom. 9. Iacob lawfully bought but Esau sinned in selling the first-birth-right :: God by Abrahams exaÌ„plar life inuited the Aegyptians to true religion now commandeth Isaac to stay in Gerara to the like end S. Theod. q. 76. in Gen. :: See pag 52. :: Adulterie a great sinne also among Painims * The chanel where sometimes a vehement streame ruÌ„neth sometimes none at al. * VVrangling :: So nations of the world first enuyed the Church of Christ but after made peace with it :: Esau by marying against his parents wil made breach from them External ceremonies in the law of nature Christian for titude preuaileth more by suffering then by forcible resisting The Epistle on Saturday the second weke in Lent :: Iacob secure in conscience that the right of first-birth belonged to him yet feared to geue occasioÌ„ of offence to his father :: It was truly Gods wil but not in that sâ—â— as Isaac vnderstood it :: Isaac now knowing it to be Gods wil ratified that he had done :: worldlings blessing consisteth in transitorie welth :: The Idumeans being subdued by king Dauid 2 Reg. 8. reuolted from king Ioram and had a king of their owne 4. Reg. 8. they were againe subdued by Hircanus teste Iosepho li. 13. Antiq but againe Herod an Idumean raigned in Iewrie Math. 2. Luc. 1. Iacob did not lie nor sinne in saying he was Esau c. He is proued innocent by the text 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The Fathers proue his innocencie in this fact Euerie lie is a sinne Some deceipt good Ho. 6. ad Col. Hier. 20. Epist. 125. It was good that Isaac knew not Iacob when he blessed him Good in respect of Esau More to Gods glorie and Iacobs commendation Ho. 53. q. 79. in Gen. :: Isaac againe coÌ„firmeth the blessings of Abraham to Iacob and his sede omitting Esau yea and God repeteth the same v. 13. The Epistle in a votiue Masse for trauelers Sap. 10. * House of God :: To whom ynough is not ynough to him nothing is ynough Aulus Gell. VVhy Iacob traueled in poore state A notable example of Gods comforth to the afflicted Al nations beleuing in Christ are blessed in him Erecting and annointing of Altares is a religious office being done to Gods honour The Church lerneth not rites of Idolaters but they of the Church Difference in religious supersticious ciuil honour consisteth in the persons intentions Two sortes of holie oyle Vowes are properly of things which are not otherwise commanded Gen. 14. :: S. Augustin q. 87. in Gen coÌ„mendeth familiar kissing of kinsfolke and frendes as a laudable custome in some countries It is no where more ciuil modest then in England * VVithout â—â—â—ges :: Laban greeously offended neither could Lia be excused but Iacob was innocent in this fact :: After seuen daies he had Rachel who was his first spouse S. Hierom Tradit Heb. S. Aug. q. 89. in Gen. :: Not properly 〈◊〉 but griefe â—â—â—â—ul 〈◊〉 S. Aug. li 22 c 5â— cont Faust :: Of pluralitie of wiâ—â—s see pag. 62. :: Holie Scripture saith S. Augustin would neuer hâ—â—e mentioned such womanlie deâ—ires but to admonish vs to â—â—ke great misteries therin li. 22 c. 56. â—oâ—t â—austum :: Iacob did iustly vse this meanes to recouer thâ—â— which Laban withheld sâ—oÌ„ him being duâ— for the dowrie of his wiues and recompence for his seruice Rupert li. 7. c 39. in Gen. :: Annointing of Altarâ— and free vowes are gratful 〈…〉 es to God See chap. 28. Ter 〈…〉 :: 〈…〉 sinned 〈…〉 Psal 4. Images of false goddes are idols Some images are neither religious nor supersticious Some are religious 1. Reg. 19. 〈…〉 3. Rachel tooke away her fathers Idols for hâ—â— good She kept them in recompeÌ„ce of wrongs :: The changing of his name here promised is performed chap. 35. S. Hieron Tradit Heb. Iacobs feare was iust and without fault 1. Ioan 4. q. 102. 〈◊〉 Gen. The causes of his feare The humble conceipt of him selfe Eccle. â— Esaus inclination meanes to reuenge Iacobs prayer qualified with Humilitie Gratitude Confidence Meeknes Iacobwrestled with an Angel corporally spiritually Osee 12. :: Iacob seing Gods hand in this change of his brothers mind not of flaterie but sincerly acknowledged his benignitie as Gods countenance towards him O Dina saith S. Bernard what nedewas there to see wemen of a strange countrie Tract de gradib humilitatis :: They offended by falsly pretending religion and by excesse in reuenge therfore are reproued by their father v 30. chap. 49 v 5. Otherwise their zeale was iust to punish so foule a fault Iudith 9. * An execrable tree :: God when it pleaseth him maketh the weake stronger then the mightie and few more terrible then â—â—nie S. Châ—isost ho. 59. S. Aug. q. 112. in Gen. :: The name of supplanter not sufficiently expressing his valure he is also called Israel See the Annotation Math. 2. :: For this fact Ruben was excluded from the chiefe dignitie among his bretheren Gen. 49. Clensing from sinne is the first office of the seruants of God The name ISRAEL signifieth special prerogatiues in the Patriarch Iacob Al his twelue sonnes in their posteritie were heires of the promised land :: The separation of Esau from Iacob :: By the common opinon of Latin and Greke fathers this was holie Iob. as we shal discusse when we come to his booke against the hebrew doctors who say Iob was of Nachors race chap. 4. 10 22. 25. By comparison of interrupted companies the coÌ„tinual succession of the Church is more glorious One place of Scripture feemeth contrarie to an other but is not Holie Scriptures not easie to be vnderstood Esaus last parting from Iacob The seuenth part of this booke How Ioseph was sold into Aegypt and there aduanced :: These things folowing hapned to Iacob in his generations that is in his childreÌ„ See S. Chrisost ho. 23. in Gen. :: That for il life they were infamous the hebrew word dâ—â—â—a signifieth infamie :: The Epistle on friday
the people presumed more to do that semed to them selues right or good though it was nought which afterwardes the kinges more restrained and punished The historie of Ruth is regestred in holie Scripture for the genealogie of Dauid and especially of our Sauiour Christ Iudic. 12. :: Noemi perswaded not to idolatre but in sinuated that if Ruth would not returne to her countrie she must also leaue the false goddes And so she answered that she would serue the same true God of Israel :: She had a husband and two sonnes and sufficient prouision but now was bereued of them al. :: The Church vseth this salutation in the holie sacrifice and other diuine office :: Booz doubted not but reward was due to good workes :: Yea a ful reward answeâ—able to Ruâ—h pietie Vvhich must be spiritual and eternal :: The euent shewed that Noemi was inspired by God to geue such direction to Ruth to foretel what Booz would doe :: It was very coÌ„mendable that she loued her first husband and mother in law but more vertue infleing occasion of sinne with young men and seeking to marie according to the law of God with her former husbands kinsman Deut. 25. :: Booz calleth his kinsman brother as Abraham called Lot his brother Gen. 13. being his Nephevv :: See Deut. 25. noting here withal that the penaltie was lesse whch an other kinsman vndertaking the mariage the woman was preueÌ„ted from complayning before the iudge :: Here appeareth the final cause of writting this historie to shew the Genealogie of King Dauid from Iudas the Patriarch of whom Christ should descend so prophecied Gen. 49. and shewed to be performed Mat. 1. qqÌ„ in 1. Reg. c. 1. These histories are also expounded mystically by the ancient Fathers Prologâ— in 1. Reg. li. 17. c. 4. ciuit Ep. ad Paulin. The general contents of al the bookes of Kinges Para lippomenon Samuel writ the first part but vncertaine who writ the rest CoÌ„tents of the first booke diuided into foure partes These bookes are read at Mattins from the feast of the B Trinitie vntil the first sundaie of August The first part Of the gouernments of Heli and Samuel and of changing the state into a kingdome :: This childe being of the tribe of Leui though not of Aarons stock was lawfully vowed to the seruice of the tabernacle by his parentes during his childhood but coming to yeares of discretion he was at his owne electioÌ„ to continew or to depart If he had bene of anie other tribe he must haue bene redemed Leuit. 27. The Canticle at Laudes on wenesday :: Leaue of to praise idoles as ye haue accustomed to doe :: The Church of Gentiles :: The Synagogue of the Iewes S. Aug. li. 17. c. 4. ciniâ— :: Neither Dauid noâ— Salomon much lâ—ssâ— anâ—â— other King possened or â—udged the endes of the taâ—th but â—â—â—â—ts enheritance reacheth to the endes of the earth Psal 2. v. 18. :: Sinnes directly against God and that hinder his seruice are more hardly remitted but none at al aâ—e irremissible before death because during life euerie one may truly repent if he wil and to al true peniteÌ„tes God promisseth remission of sinnes Ezech. 33. :: Gods determination to punish tooke not away their freewil but for their obstinacie he leift them to themselues without his grace and so iustly punished them See S. Aug. li. 5. cont Iulian. c. 3. :: This was fulfilled as in the figure in Samuel not wholly for priesthood stil remained in the line of Aaron as appeareth in Achias Abiathar Sadoc ch 14. 22. 2 Reg. 8. but perfectly in Christ 1. Reg. c. 2. :: Rare thinges are called precious and so the gift of prophecie is here termed which was then granted to few :: This vision happened early in the morning before the time of dressing the lampes when some were put out and others light :: Their confidence of helpe from God by presence of the arke was good and commendable but their sinnes deserued to be punished :: This zele of religion in Heli towards the arke is a great signe that he died in good state though he was temporally punished for not correcting his sonnes :: So sowne as Christs Gospel or Testament came among the Gentiles al false goddes idolatry fel downe S. Beda qq in 1. Reg. c. 3. :: The arke being a holie thing as Reliques are was terrible to their false god the diuel so the Reliques of S. Babilas ouerthrew the false god Apollo as â— Chrysoâ—â— testifieth at large li. cont Gentiles 〈◊〉 5. :: Obstinate sinners doe harden their owne hartes not God but by suffering them so to do â—ee Aâ—not â—â—â—d 7. :: As the arke was terrible to the infideles chap. 5. so also to those that beleued right but vsed it not reuerently :: These men knowing that the presence of the arke was good for them though the Bethsamites had benne punished for their irreuerence towardes it feared not to receiue and kepe it :: That is 〈…〉 say the Phili 〈…〉 who were 〈…〉 oâ— the seuen nations of Chanaan which God commâ—nded his people to destroy 〈…〉 the Amorrheites :: Heli his sonnes gâ—ieuously offending in then office before chap 2. and now Samuels sonnes also peruerting iudgemâ—t gaue occasion to the people to demand a lâ—ng to iudge their temporal causes rightly not declining to wrong for bribes :: Misphat signifieth maner fashion or proceding :: God alwaies heareth those that truly repent for their sinnes but doth not alwayes deliuer them from afflictions which are due for offences or profitable for probation and merite of his children â—â—od 19. Deut. 17. Iudiâ— 2. v. 16. Vvhy the peoples demand to haue a king is disliked Kinges sometimes oppresse their subiectes by Gods sufferance but vniustly â— Cyp. li. 3. ep 9. siue 65. â— Hierâ— in Osee 8. â— Greg. li. 4. c. 2. in 1. Reg. 8. Kinges haue prerogatiues aboue but not contâ—aric to the lawes Euil princes may be deposed by God the Church but not by the people only Concil Lateran c. 3. de heret Pointes obserued in the constitution and deposition of King Saul 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The second part The election annointing gouernement of King Saul :: One that by diuine inspiration foreseeth thinges too come :: Oppression of innocentes crieth to heaven :: â— Gregorie here noteth that such as are placed in height of gouernement are annointed with oyle which signifieth mercie light and cuâ—ing of others :: But the litle vessel foreshewed that Saul not perseuering in grace should be deposed from his kingdom li. 4 c. 5. in 1. Reg. 10. :: Samuel enioynetâ— obedience to Saul to trie his humilitie S. Greg. li. 4 c. 5. in 1 Reg 10. :: God gaue him peculiar grace for executing the office of a king :: By and by also the gift of prophecie :: Then superious :: By lotte the people were assured that the election was of God